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Español: Preparativos para una prueba nuclear subterránea en el NTS (Nevada).
English: Preparing for an underground test at the Nevada Test Site.

Temporary modular tower designed to hold the diagnostic rack for Icecap.

Original caption: 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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This image is available from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Photo Library under number NF-2192.

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Object location37° 04′ 50.92″ N, 116° 02′ 44.26″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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