While this might sound terrifying at first it is actually quite a fun project which combines google maps technology with some other web technologies you might or might not be familiar with. In 2012 a historian of nuclear weapons alex wellerstein decided it s time for nuking google maps. I also mention area 51 which is very near the test site.
This is a birds eye view from google earth of the nevada nuclear testing site near las vegas nevada. Guns cs and steel are nuclear shipwrecks a biodiversity of pacific islands in war and the nuclear age substation google my maps revisiting atoll bravo crater in arbar marshall islands google maps. Nuclear craters on google maps academo.
Craters and mounds created by shallow and deeper underground nuclear tests performed up until the early 1990 s. Nevada nuclear test site google maps. Google maps geek reveals sites of nuclear bomb blast and perfect meteor crater in personal quest to find best aerial shots harry pettit senior digital technology and science reporter 15.
The sedan crater located in nevada s area 51 test site usa was formed on july 6 1962 by a 104 kiloton nuclear explosion. However since the 20th century humans have been capable of creating huge explosions forming craters that can be seen in satellite images.
