Hiroshima: some shocking images of the disaster caused by the atomic bomb.
On 6 August was the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the United States at the end of World War II.
Targeted for military reasons and because of its flat terrain, Hiroshima was home to about 250,000 people at the time of the bombing. The U.S. B-29 "Enola Gay" took off from Tinian very early on the morning of August 6 and on board was un unico carico di 4000 kg, la bomba all’uranio nome in codice "Little Boy".
Alle 8:15 del mattino, Little Boy è stato lanciato da 9.400 metri di altezza, cadendo per 57 secondi, fino ad arrivare all’altezza di 600 m sopra il livello del suolo. Al momento della detonazione, solo una piccolo parte dell’uranio (7 Kg) subì la fusione e di questi appena 600 milligrammi vennero convertiti in energia che distrusse tutto nel raggio di chilometri, schiacciando la città sotto una massiccia e una notevole pioggia radioattiva.
Circa 70.000 persone si ritiene siano stati uccisi immediatamente, e altrettanti superstiti morirono in seguito per colpa radioazioni of which were made to feel their effects even 50 years away.
Today, home to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum which is located near Ground Zero, and was built as a warning to future generations with the hope of ending the existence of all nuclear weapons.
Here are some meaningful images, please click on the thumbnails to view pictures in Picasa Web Albums.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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