Eli5: what happens to the areas where nuclear bombs are tested?
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It melts the sand into an element called Trinitite (named for the Trinity site). My husband visited there on a work trip and the person conducting the tour made a big display of saying that it was ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED to take any of the glass formed by the blast, and now he would turn away for approximately 30 seconds while the visitors had a chance to “appreciate the surroundings.” And no, we “don’t have” any Trinitite in our home.
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