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Dawn of the nuclear age
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Jornada del Muerto, New Mexico CNN  — 

On July 16, 1945, deep in the New Mexico desert, the U.S. Army detonated the world’s first nuclear bomb. Less than a month later, similar weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki would end World War II. Stand on the site where the nuclear age began.

On July 16, 1945, deep in the New Mexico desert, the U.S. Army detonated the world’s first nuclear bomb. Less than a month later, similar weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki would end World War II. Stand on the site where the nuclear age began.