Science in the Pit

Here in the deep crater the men get a little relief from the hot desert sun. At 6:00 o'clock in the morning it is often approaching 100 degrees. Temperatures on the sand at noon can be 120 degrees or more. It's hard work but keeping the nation strong is well worth the toil.

The stippling on the sand face shows the effects of the nuclear blast. The tremendous heat like a thousand blast furnaces rips into the sand actually melting the sand.

It's hard work doing most of this by hand. A bulldozer has been shipped but has not yet arrived at the work site. Modern nuclear work, the greatest technology science knows being done by men wielding hand tools!

Every aspect of the work is a joint operation between the services. This sailor walks past one of of the many Army scientists, in the lab coat. The men must not only obtain samples, but the location, depth and nature of the sample are also critical to the research.

Scientists direct every aspect of the job. The work is useless without good science to back it up. In recent years American schools have offered more science and mathematics courses to insure that American Science will continue to lead the Free World.

MPC ring hand and slot hand figures with a variety of MPC and Marx weapons and accessories all in 60 mm size. Photos taken in late afternoon in my backyard. Some of the items are new recasts of original figures using the original molds, some are over 40 or 50 years old. The oldest figures were in existence at the time America was exploding atomic weapons in the open atmosphere. As a kid I wanted to attend a test and see for myself the awesome power of the atom unleashed.