Two adobe buildings are among the few structures that remain at Trinity Base Camp on the White Sands Missile Range. Photo by Jeff Rice. Approved for release.
The night before the world’s first test of the atomic bomb, scientists heard a strange sound coming from the edge of Trinity Base Camp. Hear a rebroadcast of my story “The Toads of Trinity” on NPR’s Here & Now. The story makes a great tie-in to the new Oppenheimer movie.