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While in college, one spring break 3 friends and I decided to cram into my small car and drive from Texas to the Grand Canyon. On the way we went through Los Al
by usefulcat 8y ago
While in college, one spring break 3 friends and I decided to cram into my small car and drive from Texas to the Grand Canyon. On the way we went through Los Alamos. At one point we were on or near the laboratory grounds and came across a sign that read something along the lines of "Dirt removal from canyon prohibited". I remember thinking it was so unusual that I took a picture of it (this was before digital photography, so you generally had to be more selective about what you chose to photograph).
- code_duck 8y agoRight by my house was an area used for bomb testing in the 50s and 60s - there are many pictures of the different types of live ordinance one could potentially encounter. Down the street there’s an area very contaminated with chromium from a power plant, that the Feds claim magically stops right at the Pueblo line. That and whatever you saw barely scratches the surface, no doubt. There are thousands of dump sites in Los Alamos. They didn’t even keep records of all of them or what was in any of them until recently.