Genbaku-Dome (Hiroshima Peace Memorial)
At 08:15, the Enola Gay dropped the nuclear bomb called "Little Boy" over the center of Hiroshima. It exploded about 2,000 feet above the city with a blast equivalent to 13 kilotons of TNT, killing an estimated 80,000 civilians.
The Megami Bridge, located in southern part of Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, will provide relief to the chronic traffic congestion in the city center by connecting southern part and western part of Nagasaki City, which are divided by the Nagasaki Port. Also, it will vitalize industry and culture in the region by strengthening the linkage of the port facilities. Furthermore, illuminated in...
Hiroshima Big Arch is located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is used by Sanfrecce Hiroshima. It has a capacity of 45,000. It was built in 1993. It is an all-seater.
Overlay of Hiroshima Castle Pre- and Post the atomic bomb.
Hiroshima Castle is placed under a kilometer (under half a mile) from Ground Zero.
After zooming in, fade out the Pre-picture, and the Post-picture reveals.
Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. It was a center of European influence in medieval Japan, and the second city on which an atomic bomb was dropped by the US during World War II.
The city of Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands. It is best known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare.
Aerial reconnaissance photo of Nagasaki, Japan, taken on Aug. 5, 1945. Military and industrial target areas are outlined and numbered (legend at lower left corner of photo)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial, called Genbaku Dome, the Atomic Bomb Dome, or the A-Bomb Dome by the Japanese is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hiroshima, Japan. It was established as such in 1996.
The building was originally designed by Czech architect Jan Letzel. It was completed in April 1915, and the new building was named the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition (H...
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