Las Vegas Sun

April 24, 2024

A field of concrete pillars, warning people not to excavate in the dirt, sits below Morey Peak in Nye County. The site, shown on Sept. 16, 2013, was prepared in the late 1960s by the Atomic Energy Commission for a below ground nuclear test. The plans were canceled.

Matt Hufman

A field of concrete pillars, warning people not to excavate in the dirt, sits below Morey Peak in Nye County. The site, shown on Sept. 16, 2013, was prepared in the late 1960s by the Atomic Energy Commission for a below ground nuclear test. The plans were canceled.