http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-011/60066043_PFEGo-Ti.jpg http://donn.smugmug.com/gallery/1278827_3AqQ3/ 2006-03-29T11:17:12Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Just outside the crater of the first atomic bomb explosion is the remains of "Jumbo", the container they decided not to use to explode the bomb inside of in case of a dud. The damage to jum ...</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066040_JkY2U" title="Just outside the crater of the first atomic bomb explosion is the remains of "Jumbo", the container they decided not to use to explode the bomb inside of in case of a dud. The damage to jum ..."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-004/60066040_JkY2U-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Just outside the crater of the first atomic bomb explosion is the remains of "Jumbo", the container they decided not to use to explode the bomb inside of in case of a dud. The damage to jum ..." title="Just outside the crater of the first atomic bomb explosion is the remains of "Jumbo", the container they decided not to use to explode the bomb inside of in case of a dud. The damage to jum ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T09:42:48Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-004/60066040_JkY2U-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Ground Zero of the first atom bomb explosion. The "Trinity Site" about half an hour south east of Socorro N.M. on the White Sands missile range. This place is open to the public 1 day in ...</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066043_PFEGo" title="Ground Zero of the first atom bomb explosion. The "Trinity Site" about half an hour south east of Socorro N.M. on the White Sands missile range. This place is open to the public 1 day in ..."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-011/60066043_PFEGo-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Ground Zero of the first atom bomb explosion. The "Trinity Site" about half an hour south east of Socorro N.M. on the White Sands missile range. This place is open to the public 1 day in ..." title="Ground Zero of the first atom bomb explosion. The "Trinity Site" about half an hour south east of Socorro N.M. on the White Sands missile range. This place is open to the public 1 day in ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T09:44:45Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-011/60066043_PFEGo-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory one hour west of Socorro N.M. Pictures of Jodie Foster abound in the control center which is only open to tourists 1 day in spring and 1 day in ...</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066044_Y2EBu" title="The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory one hour west of Socorro N.M. Pictures of Jodie Foster abound in the control center which is only open to tourists 1 day in spring and 1 day in ..."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-062/60066044_Y2EBu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory one hour west of Socorro N.M. Pictures of Jodie Foster abound in the control center which is only open to tourists 1 day in spring and 1 day in ..." title="The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory one hour west of Socorro N.M. Pictures of Jodie Foster abound in the control center which is only open to tourists 1 day in spring and 1 day in ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T13:31:02Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-062/60066044_Y2EBu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory dish that you can walk up to near the visitor's center. These antennas are all mobile on rails by a special transporter.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066048_PF7ZJ" title="The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory dish that you can walk up to near the visitor's center. These antennas are all mobile on rails by a special transporter."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-067/60066048_PF7ZJ-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory dish that you can walk up to near the visitor's center. These antennas are all mobile on rails by a special transporter." title="The Very Large Array (VLA) radio observatory dish that you can walk up to near the visitor's center. These antennas are all mobile on rails by a special transporter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T13:43:39Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/TrinityVLA-067/60066048_PF7ZJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Air show at White Sands. You can walk right up to these things there.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066049_DBXC5" title="Air show at White Sands. You can walk right up to these things there."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/Airshow02/60066049_DBXC5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Air show at White Sands. You can walk right up to these things there." title="Air show at White Sands. You can walk right up to these things there." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T05:13:17Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/Airshow02/60066049_DBXC5-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />The round house (yard) at the Bitter Creek and Western miniature railroad, Nipomo, CA.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066050_JrQKu" title="The round house (yard) at the Bitter Creek and Western miniature railroad, Nipomo, CA."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010004/60066050_JrQKu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The round house (yard) at the Bitter Creek and Western miniature railroad, Nipomo, CA." title="The round house (yard) at the Bitter Creek and Western miniature railroad, Nipomo, CA." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T13:43:05Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010004/60066050_JrQKu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />What we do in the sky around here. Shot taken from the street in front of my house, Santa Maria, CA.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066051_VnZRm" title="What we do in the sky around here. Shot taken from the street in front of my house, Santa Maria, CA."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010013/60066051_VnZRm-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="What we do in the sky around here. Shot taken from the street in front of my house, Santa Maria, CA." title="What we do in the sky around here. Shot taken from the street in front of my house, Santa Maria, CA." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T14:46:22Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010013/60066051_VnZRm-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />The White Sands Missile Museum's restored and mounted V-2 rocket.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066052_MMrmh" title="The White Sands Missile Museum's restored and mounted V-2 rocket."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010016/60066052_MMrmh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The White Sands Missile Museum's restored and mounted V-2 rocket." title="The White Sands Missile Museum's restored and mounted V-2 rocket." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T04:47:18Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010016/60066052_MMrmh-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Family day at Space Launch Complex 4 West (SLC-4 west) at Vandenberg AFB. This is the last of the flyable Titan II rockets before it was launched.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066056_x4BBx" title="Family day at Space Launch Complex 4 West (SLC-4 west) at Vandenberg AFB. This is the last of the flyable Titan II rockets before it was launched."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010024/60066056_x4BBx-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Family day at Space Launch Complex 4 West (SLC-4 west) at Vandenberg AFB. This is the last of the flyable Titan II rockets before it was launched." title="Family day at Space Launch Complex 4 West (SLC-4 west) at Vandenberg AFB. This is the last of the flyable Titan II rockets before it was launched." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T05:08:32Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010024/60066056_x4BBx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />The last Titan II rocket at SLC-4 west at Vandenberg AFB on the launch mount showing the engines.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066058_hmnjh" title="The last Titan II rocket at SLC-4 west at Vandenberg AFB on the launch mount showing the engines."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010026/60066058_hmnjh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The last Titan II rocket at SLC-4 west at Vandenberg AFB on the launch mount showing the engines." title="The last Titan II rocket at SLC-4 west at Vandenberg AFB on the launch mount showing the engines." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T05:29:12Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010026/60066058_hmnjh-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />My best photo of the Bitter Creek Western miniature railroad on one of the rare visitor days.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066060_LBQ78" title="My best photo of the Bitter Creek Western miniature railroad on one of the rare visitor days."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010028/60066060_LBQ78-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="My best photo of the Bitter Creek Western miniature railroad on one of the rare visitor days." title="My best photo of the Bitter Creek Western miniature railroad on one of the rare visitor days." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T06:20:05Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010028/60066060_LBQ78-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Model of the Titan IV, the last of which was recently launched from SLC-4 East at Vandenberg AFB. This photo was taken inside the fence at the launch complex.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066062_Pta4c" title="Model of the Titan IV, the last of which was recently launched from SLC-4 East at Vandenberg AFB. This photo was taken inside the fence at the launch complex."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010034/60066062_Pta4c-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Model of the Titan IV, the last of which was recently launched from SLC-4 East at Vandenberg AFB. This photo was taken inside the fence at the launch complex." title="Model of the Titan IV, the last of which was recently launched from SLC-4 East at Vandenberg AFB. This photo was taken inside the fence at the launch complex." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T05:19:38Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010034/60066062_Pta4c-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Part of the Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg AFB being rebuilt into a Boeing Delta IV launch complex. This complex was originally built for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) ...</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066064_b8ZW2" title="Part of the Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg AFB being rebuilt into a Boeing Delta IV launch complex. This complex was originally built for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) ..."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010036/60066064_b8ZW2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Part of the Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg AFB being rebuilt into a Boeing Delta IV launch complex. This complex was originally built for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) ..." title="Part of the Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg AFB being rebuilt into a Boeing Delta IV launch complex. This complex was originally built for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T13:19:06Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010036/60066064_b8ZW2-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Open pit mine (or at least the middle third of it) just East of Silver City, N.M.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066065_NTAX3" title="Open pit mine (or at least the middle third of it) just East of Silver City, N.M."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010049/60066065_NTAX3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Open pit mine (or at least the middle third of it) just East of Silver City, N.M." title="Open pit mine (or at least the middle third of it) just East of Silver City, N.M." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T05:31:25Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010049/60066065_NTAX3-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Black Widow style P-38? In air museum West of El Paso, TX.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066068_4nWxj" title="Black Widow style P-38? In air museum West of El Paso, TX."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010060/60066068_4nWxj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Black Widow style P-38? In air museum West of El Paso, TX." title="Black Widow style P-38? In air museum West of El Paso, TX." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T04:39:14Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010060/60066068_4nWxj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />In Albuquerque, N.M.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066070_UKbzM" title="In Albuquerque, N.M."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010062/60066070_UKbzM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="In Albuquerque, N.M." title="In Albuquerque, N.M." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T04:59:54Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010062/60066070_UKbzM-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Pilatus PC-12 cargo and passenger turboprop aircraft in hanger in San Luis Obispo, CA.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#60066071_TNYfu" title="Pilatus PC-12 cargo and passenger turboprop aircraft in hanger in San Luis Obispo, CA."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010088/60066071_TNYfu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Pilatus PC-12 cargo and passenger turboprop aircraft in hanger in San Luis Obispo, CA." title="Pilatus PC-12 cargo and passenger turboprop aircraft in hanger in San Luis Obispo, CA." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T05:14:17Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/P1010088/60066071_TNYfu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com">Donn Pardee</a><br />Wave organ at marina in San Francisco bay.</p><p><a href="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/1278827_3AqQ3#62152289_zx28W" title="Wave organ at marina in San Francisco bay."><img src="http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/SanFran04-004/62152289_zx28W-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Wave organ at marina in San Francisco bay." title="Wave organ at marina in San Francisco bay." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T21:24:53Z Donn Pardee http://donn.smugmug.com http://donn.smugmug.com/Travel/The-Techno-Tourist/SanFran04-004/62152289_zx28W-Th.jpg