With the release earlier this year of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film “Oppenheimer,” thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.
FILE - Scientists and other workers rig the world's first atomic bomb to raise it up onto a 100-foot tower at the Trinity Test Site near Alamogordo, N.M. The New Mexico site where the worlds first atomic bomb was detonated is expecting thousands of visitors Saturday due to the popularity of the movie,"Oppenheimer." Trinity Site, a designated National Historic Landmark, only opens to the public twice a year.
Visitors also are being warned to come prepared as Trinity Site is in a remote area with limited Wi-Fi and no cell service or restrooms. While the lore surrounding the atomic bomb has become pop culture fodder, it was part of a painful reality for. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders plan to protest outside the gates to remind visitors about a side of history they say the movie failed to acknowledge.
The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium has worked with the Union of Concerned Scientists and others for years toto the Manhattan Project's impact. A new documentary by filmmaker Lois Lipman, “First We Bombed New Mexico,” made its world premiere Friday at the Santa Fe International Film Festival.
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