Project Rulison

Project Rulison
Parachute, Colorado (CO), US
Project Rulison, named after the rural community of Rulison, Colorado, was a 40-kiloton nuclear test project in the United States on September 10, 1969, about 8 miles SE of the town of Grand Valley, Colorado (now named Parachute, Colorado) near western Colorado's Grand Valley in Garfield County. The aim of Project Rulison was to determine if natural gas could be easily liberated from underground regions.
Project Rulison, named after the rural community of Rulison, Colorado, was a 40-kiloton nuclear test project in the United States on September 10, 1969, about 8 miles SE of the town of Grand Valley, Colorado (now named Parachute, Colorado) near western Colorado's Grand Valley in Garfield County. The aim of Project Rulison was to determine if natural gas could be easily liberated from underground regions.
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By: jbottero

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@ 2011-09-10 13:00:19
I'd love to see this place in person, and I actually go to CO once a year or so, but this place is way out in the middle of nowhere!

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