Los Alamos

Ely died at his home in Los Alamos in Santa Barbara, California on 29 September.

From the moment you spot Skyview’s lemon-yellow “motel” sign off the 101 Freeway, Los Alamos strikes you with its juxtaposition of old and new.

He was one of the La Mutua members who helped stop the Department of Energy from transferring nuclear waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory onto rail cars in Antonito 15 years ago.

How about sending them on a field trip to Los Alamos?

The Los Alamos lab was originally set up in 1943 as a top-secret site to develop the first nuclear weapons.