Project Rulison Yellow and Blue Striped Tent
Photograph -- Color photograph
Identifier:
2HA161.2
Description
Aerial photograph of Rulison Project depicting a yellow and blue striped tent. Several parked cars and trailers nearby to the tent. The aim of Project Rulison was to determine if natural gas could be liberated from underground shale through the detonation of underground nuclear weapons. The project was a success in liberating large quantities of natural gas, but the high levels of radioactivity left the gas too contaminated to use and the project was deemed a failure.
Content Date:
1968 – 1969
