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Hiroshima: A-bomb Photo Gallery
(International Schools Cyber Fair 1998 Project)
On the morning of August 6, at 8:15, the first atomic bomb dropped in history exploded approximately 580 meters above the center of Hiroshima. In an instant, it reduced the city to a scorched plain, wiping out countless precious lives and inflicting devastation on all city functions.
The following are a collection of photos depicting the destructive force of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Click on any of the photos below to view an enlargement
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| Industrial Promotion Hall now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome seen from the hypocenter. (Earlt October, 1945, photo by Shigeo Hayashi) | Ruins around the Industrial Promotion Hall which was very close to the hypocenter. (October, 1945, U.S. Army photo) | About one hour after the explosion, a large crowd of people fleeing from the flames started gathering at a temporary first aid station at the west end of Miyuki Bridge. Many were first-year students at Hiroshima Girls' Commercial High School mand Hiroshima First Middle School. (Photo by Yoshito Matsushige) | "The city of Hiroshima was still hot on the day after the bombing" This photo of "the unbelievably burnt ruins." was taken by Mitsugu Kishida, who was then a Japanese Army press cameraman. | |||
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| Shaddows on the Yorozuyo Bridge, 900 meters away from the hypocenter. (October, 1945, U.S. Army photo) | A woman whose burns are being treated. (Early October, 1945, photo by Shunkichi Kikuchi) | Looking east toward the financial area from the Shima Hospital at the hypocenter. (October, 1945, U.S. Army photo) | Clock stopped at 8:15 A.M., the time the atomic bomb detonated. (photo - unknown) |
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| Sketch of the Atomic Bomb Dome by Dorothy Van Duyne, Grade 7 | Sketch of the Eternal Frame located in Peace Park near the Peace Memorial Museum by Ryan Sattler, Grade 7 |