Secret City

I don't often post images of Los Alamos. It is a bland, very "normal" looking place, large parts have a human (non-vehicle) scale, not like anywhere else in New Mexico. Low crime, polite people on the sidewalks, polite drivers behind wheels, a gentleness wafting in the thin, high altitude air. And yet, from here arose the greatest violence designed by humans on this planet. Here's a self-portrait, which sums-up well my hopes and fears in this town:

and a violent metaphor of an image representing the true nature of the town itself (location of both photographs: parking lot at the high school). Worth clicking upon: