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The Desert Towns That Wrote the Histories of Nukes and Race Cars

Wendover, Utah and West Wendover, Nevada have a rich place in American history. The crew of the Enola Gay made practice runs in the skies high above and countless hot-rodders have set land-speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats outside of town.

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/mike-osborne-wendover/

“The landscape is so extraordinary—it’s hard to forget once you’ve seen it,” says photographer Mike Osborne, who made the trek west from Washington D.C. for the coveted CLUI Wendover artist residency. “Considering that Wendover’s population is smaller than some big American high schools, there’s an incredible richness to the place. I guess you could say it’s a microcosm of America in certain respects.”

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