A closer look
When the US detonated the first atomic bomb in 1945, the blast didn't just vaporize a steel tower; it reorganized the local geology. The 100-million-degree fireball sucked up tons of Alamogordo desert sand, melted it in mid-air, and rained it back down as uniquely radioactive, pale green glass called Trinitite. It is literally anthropogenic rock birthed from pure atomic hubris. Tourists used to casually scoop it up until the government realized handing out nuclear fallout wasn't great.
