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priscilla 1Hiroshima, The Aftermath
August 19th 2009 10:59
On Monday, August 6, 1945 at 8:15 AM, the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by the crew of the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay. Pictures from the aftermath of the atomic blast are seen below. These images and information were sourced from life.com. Read more here.
After the atomic bomb detonates 1,968 feet above the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, a mushroom cloud is visible from miles away.
An aerial view of Hiroshima in September 1945, a month after the atomic blast, shows a city in which 90 percent of the buildings have been damaged or destroyed. The explosion killed 70,000 people instantly, while burns and radiation would kill tens of thousands more.
The August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima had killed 70,000. By December, as this mother and child sit in the ruins, another 70,000 would die from injuries and radiation.
Even more than a mile from the center of the Hiroshima blast, as evidenced in this 1946 photo, the intense heat of the bomb etches eerie shadows into objects, burning surfaces that are exposed to light but leaving the rest untouched.
Hiroshima: Aftermath
Mushroom Cloud Over Hiroshima
After the atomic bomb detonates 1,968 feet above the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, a mushroom cloud is visible from miles away.
Atomic Bomb Flattens Hiroshima
WWII: Hiroshima
Shadow Effect
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