Groom Lake is at center left just below the flash of light. The owners of Groom Mine, the Sheahans, are shown in the photograph. Fallout and blast damage at Groom Mine following atomic tests was often heavy, leading the Sheahans to discontinue large-scale operations in the late 1950s. The photograph is there credited to Alan Jarlson. A 1950s photograph from Groom Mine showing a mushroom cloud from an atomic test .
Groom Lake is at left center.
Notice the control tower at lower left. A side view of Article 341 being unloaded . A view of Article 341 unloaded and fully assembled on the runway at Groom Lake . A view of Article 341 airborne during its first planned flight on 4 August 1955 . U-2s lined up at their parking spaces at Groom Lake .