Board shows info on world's 1st A-bomb test in U.S.

An information board shows how the world's first atomic bomb test was conducted in July 1945 at the Trinity Site in the U.S. state of New Mexico, in this photo taken on April 4, 2015. A monument behind the board marks the site of the bomb's explosion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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