Showing posts with label Las Vegas museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Las Vegas museums. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Witness The Progress Of Area 51: Real Life Simulation At NATM

Over the years, Area 51 has gradually become an intense alien conspiracy site to some mostly because of its ever-growing expansion, according to iO9. Since its establishment in the 1950s, a lot of people have been questioning its purpose especially its location deep in the remotest parts of the Nevada desert. Images of its quick expansion and renovation has recently been uncovered by Google Maps showing rare images of new construction of runways and buildings as well as built up of massive infrastructure. The National Atomic Testing Museum in Nevada, through its exhibits and learning activities, relays a much more concise explanation of the Area 51. It is one of the very few Las Vegas museums that educates people of varied ages through appreciating and understanding the past and present.

Friday, April 29, 2016

The Birthplace of Atomic Testing in Nevada

A lot of times, it can be very difficult to grasp the concept of the atoms and the particles inside it. Often it gets so easy to let something so small but so dense figuratively, blow the mind. To further amazement, science has made atomic testing possible. To extract large quantities of energy from a very small mass is no simple task. The National Atomic Museum is a museum in Vegas that imparts knowledge on everything atomic testing from history to principles to simulations. So how did it all start? Here is a quick run through of the history of atomic testing in Nevada.