Maria Figueroa-Valentin, an environmental engineer with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s White Sands Detachment, makes sure the barrel of a handmade pneumatic hail launcher is level as she prepares for a “hail test” in June 2018 while working as an environmental engineer with the U.S. Army’s Test and Evaluation Command at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This particular endeavor was to test various materials that could be exposed to hail as big as 2 inches in diameter.
| Date Taken: | 06.02.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 05.14.2026 12:56 |
| Photo ID: | 9682252 |
| VIRIN: | 180602-N-N2246-1002 |
| Resolution: | 746x385 |
| Size: | 83.24 KB |
| Location: | WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, US |
| Hometown: | AGUADA, PR |
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