The Pentagon is located in Arlington, Virginia. Other than highways, parking lots, and the DC metro it’s most notable neighbors are a lagoon in the Potomac river (built during the Pentagon’s construction) and Arlington National Cemetery. When it was completed in 1943 its 6,600,000 square feet (3,705,793 square feet of… Read more“Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon”
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Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US
This Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the first wartime use of a nuclear bomb. On Monday 6 August at 8:15 am the Enola Gay, a B-29 commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima Japan. Only about two pounds of the 141 pounds of U-235 (Enriched Uranium)… Read more“Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US”