They are evidence of human stupidity.
The atomic age began on July 16, 1945: the date of reference is considered to be the first successful test of a nuclear bomb over the new Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan project. Less than a month, was dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From then until the signing of the comprehensive nuclear test ban in 1996, over 2000 nuclear test explosions have occurred on remote Islands, atolls and desert areas around the world.
The vast majority of these attacks had on the U.S. and the USSR: the superpowers were preparing for war for survival. Before you place that would quite fit to the annals of this sad story — access to the curious tourists here is now open.
Trinity
Socorro, New Mexico
16 Jul 1945, deep in the deserts of new Mexico, the atomic age was born. Trinity was the code of the detonation of a device, The Gadget — a nuclear bomb similar to the one that was dropped on Nagasaki. The military had no idea how much power the device will show: a show of force is really impressive.
Enewetak
Marshall Islands
Islands and atolls in the South Pacific ocean has been used for hundreds of nuclear weapons tests of the United States. In the late 1970’s, the us government decided to clean up: built around a polygon concrete dome is now visible even from space. To be here still not recommended, but tourists are willing to sacrifice their health for a rare picture.
Semipalatinsk
Kazakhstan
In the period from 1949 to 1989 the Soviet Union spent 456 nuclear tests. Semipalatinsk, long considered a closed city, now remains of this infected sore on the body of the planet. The area that has been affected by nuclear tests, more than 18000 square kilometers: there are still people live.
New Earth
Russia
The remote territory of New Lands seemed to the Soviet government an ideal place for testing “dirty” weapons. Here, in 1961, there was the world’s largest nuclear explosion, the so-called “Tsar bomb”. Most of the island remains a military base, but to the southern end of the archipelago sometimes stick and cruise ships
Atomic city
NV, USA
In 1955, a series of 14 nuclear test explosions known as “Operation Tea”, took place in the Nevada desert. The military wanted to test the impact of a distant explosion to the real town — it was built specifically.
Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
Located about halfway between Hawaii and Australia, this small island of Micronesia was to be the embodiment of Paradise on Earth. Its inhabitants were forcibly displaced when the United States seized the Islands in 1946 and over the next 12 years took off 23 nuclear charge on this piece of Paradise that has made it uninhabitable to this day.
