Planeta Zero - 179 - Rhyolite, el pueblo fantasma de Nevada

Directed and presented by Jose Angel Pastor. In today's program, we travel to the state of Nevada, in the United States of America. There, in the Bullfrog Hills, we encounter the few remaining vestiges of what just over a century ago was a modern and vibrant city, Rhyolite. Fueled by the discovery of a gold mine, this town northwest of Las Vegas was the clearest example of how a city can rise from nothing to its peak in just six months, only to vanish after a few years as if it had never existed. Rhyolite is one of the greatest exponents of the ghost towns of the American West, and today we take an in-depth look at its history and the keys to its heyday and brevity. You can contact the program on the Planeta Zero Facebook page or in our comments box.