The view of an atomic explosion at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas in Nye County, Nevada. Established on January 11, 1951, the Nevada Test Site was also formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds.

The view of an atomic explosion at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas in Nye County, Nevada. Established on January 11, 1951, the Nevada Test Site was also formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds.

Updated 1982 map of Nevada Test Site.

Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Swearing in of Regents, University of Nevada. (Photographed at UNR) L-R: Louis Lombardi, M.D. (Reno), Proctor Hug, Jr. (Reno); Juanita Greer White (Boulder City); Grant Davis (Fallon); Harold Jacobsen (Carson City)."

Yearbook main highlights: schools and departments; detailed lists with names and headshots of faculty, administration and students; variety of photos from activities, festivals, campus life, and buildings; campus organizations such as sororities, fraternities and councils; beauty contest winners; college sports and featured athletes; and printed advertisements of local businesses; Institution name: Nevada Southern University, Las Vegas, NV

Final test preparations (at the Nevada Test Site) include running miles of cable down hole. A rack containing instrumentation to go down hole is assembled in the tower to the right. Subsidence craters from earlier underground tests dot landscape.