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DESCRIPTION: Signal cables are laid out at a test location on Yucca Flat, the principal underground nuclear weapons testing area at NTS. Cranes will lower the cable down-hole with the weapons canister. The cables will relay scientific data to recording trailersat the surface. The tower was used to mount scientific instruments in the instrumentation canister suspended from the crane on the left. The tower will be removed in sections before the detonation. The drilled emplacement hole is beneath the tower.
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NUMBER: NF-2192
CREDIT: Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office
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Date Last Modified: November 24, 2008