Bomb. O create the this includes interviews from some of the key Manhattan Project scientist and technicians. Things change in time. In a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. The deserts of central new mexico, an area called the journey of death, named by the spanish conquistadors, because if you ran out of water, you would not survive here. This place is now known as the trinity site. In a moment in time in this spot in july, 1945, things changed. In the instant of what happened here, the life of a war changed, along with the course of history. It began years before thousands , of miles away. [drumbeats] narrator for years, adolf hitler had forced not to rule on nazirced the influence of rule on europe. The rest of the free world saw his intentions were war and brutality was his message. I came from hungary and germany. I have seen many things firsthand. I was dreadfully worried about my family and all of my friends, and i do not believe that people today realize how tremendous
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Feed. This morning, how facebook is responding. Sight to behold. That is a ninehour flight sunrise right there. Every minute of it. Matt and al take in the Natural Beauty of new mexicos stunning white sands. The next stop on our celebration of 100 years of National Parks. Today, tuesday, may 10th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a Tuesday Morning. Matt and al are at the breathtaking White Sands National monument. Natalie and i are camping out at studio 1a. Thank you for bringing us the star wars set. Yeah, it is. Its like something from another planet. It really is. Its going to be one of the most beautiful sights on this planet in about 30 minutes, when the sun comes up and hopefully warms things up around here. Thats right. And this is actually the star of this show. Its called gypsum, and its whats covering 275 square mi