Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device. This test was conducted by the United States on July 16th, 1945. It was on this day that a plutonium bomb was tested at a site in Los Alamos.
Hoisted atop a 50 metre tower , the plutonium device detonated at precisely 5:30 am over the New Mexico desert, releasing 18.6 kilotonnes of power instantly vaporising the tower . Seconds after the explosion came an enormous blast . A ball of fire tore up into the sky , and then was surrounded by a giant mushroom cloud .
Scientist figured that the temperature at the center of the explosion was three times hotter than at the center of the sun . Thus the nuclear age had begun .
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