At the end of the 50th, in the north Algeria war is at apogee.

But at more that 1000 kilometres of war fields gigantesque project, it is coming out of the send of Sahara: the atomic bombe!

Military official's and Scientifics put in place the first atomic French base. More than 10 000 of persons who work there, among them there is "fantassins" and lords of locals are put contribution.

The 13th of February 1960 at 07.04 pm the first French atomic bombe explodes.

At the town name Reggane is at the French army as proceed at exactly 17 fires: 4 times in the atmosphere on 13 under earth. The radioactive clouds went on all the west of Africa.

50 years later the sites are stern not secures or decontaminate, living the nomad population to the danger of radioactivity.