White Sands Missile Range | New Mexico, United States | Britannica (original) (raw)
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El Paso
In El Paso …Beaumont General Hospital, and nearby White Sands Missile Range (in New Mexico) augment El Paso’s economy. Read More
explosion of atomic bomb
In San Andres Mountains …and barren and include the White Sands Missile Range, where the world’s first atomic bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945, at “Trinity Site.” The White Sands National Monument, encompassing a vast dune field made of decomposed gypsum (calcium sulfate) from the San Andres Mountains, lies just to the east. Read More
Otero county
In Otero …Park, Holloman Air Force Base, White Sands Missile Range, and Fort Bliss Military Reservation are in western Otero county. Lincoln National Forest and the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation cover much of eastern Otero county. Parklands include Three Rivers Petroglyph National Recreational Site, the Sunspot Solar Observatory, Oliver Lee State Park,… Read More
