“The whole country was lighted by a searing light with the intensity many times that of the midday sun. It was golden, purple,...
“The whole country was lighted by a searing light with the intensity many times that of the midday sun. It was golden, purple, violet, gray, and blue. It lighted every peak, crevasse, and ridge of the nearby mountain range with a clarity and beauty that cannot be described but must be seen to be imagined. It was that beauty the great poets dream about but describe most poorly and inadequately.”— General Thomas Farrell, on the Trinity detonation (via st-just)