page_title: Project Gnome
hierarchical_section_title: Project Gnome
caption_attribution_description: View toward the top of the salt dome cavity created by the Gnome underground nuclear test. Note the stalactites. A man wearing a hard hat is standing on the rubble pile, just to the right of center in the photo. Gnome was conducted on December 10, 1961 as part of Operation Plowshare. For more information or additional images, please contact 202-586-5251.
context_page_description: Project Gnome was the first nuclear test of Project Plowshare and was the first continental nuclear weapon test since Trinity to be conducted outside of the Nevada Test Site. It was tested in southeastern New Mexico, approximately 40 km southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
context_section_description: Project Gnome was the first nuclear test of Project Plowshare and was the first continental nuclear weapon test since Trinity to be conducted outside of the Nevada Test Site. It was tested in southeastern New Mexico, approximately 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico.
caption: View toward the top of the salt dome cavity created by the Gnome underground nuclear test
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