Photo credit (1966 photos): Lewis Melson
Photo credit (2007 photos): Barbara Moran
 1966: Palomares |
 1966: A closer shot of a Palomares house |
 1966: Villagers picking tomatoes, a key crop in Palomares |
 1966: Children picking tomatoes. Tomatoes that were contaminated with alpha radiation were cleaned off and fed to airmen. |
 1966: A typical house in the area |
 2007: The road into Palomares |
 2007: Typical street in Palomares |
 2007: Though some older farmhouses remain, this is a typical modern house. |
 2007: Palomares has become a resort destination for European tourists. Construction was booming when I visited in 2007. |
 2007: Zone 2, the most contaminated area. Several months before I visited, the Spanish government put a chain-link fence around the area. A farmer’s field is to the left, adjacent to the fence. The Mediterranean Sea and construction cranes are in the far distance. |