File:Atomic cloud over Hiroshima.jpg

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Description

English: At the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column. Six planes of the 509th Composite Group, participated in this mission; one to carry the bomb Enola Gay, one to take scientific measurements of the blast The Great Artiste, the third to take photographs Necessary Evil the others flew approximately an hour ahead to act as weather scouts, 08/06/1945. Bad weather would disqualify a target as the scientists insisted on a visual delivery, the primary target was Hiroshima, secondary was Kokura, and tertiary was Nagasaki.

العربية: اليوم السادس من اغسطس سنة 1945 في هيروشيما

中文: 廣島原爆所產生的蕈狀雲

zh:第二次世界大戰末期的 zh:1945年 zh:8月5日，美國空軍在 zh:日本 zh:廣島上空投下了人類史上第一顆用於實戰的 zh:核子武器——一顆綽號「 小男孩」的一萬三千噸等級鈾原子彈，造成數千尺高的驚人 zh:蕈狀雲。

原子彈的使用到底是提早結束戰爭避免生靈塗炭，抑或是瞬間殺人成千上萬的殘酷行為，還有待後世公論。願此駭人景象長留人心，勿忘戰爭殘酷。

本圖片下載自美國空軍官方網站，根據美國政府政策，政府單位所製作的資料皆屬公有領域，本圖片即依此原則上載刊登。

Date

6 August 1945

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Author

Enola Gay Tail Gunner S/Sgt. George R. (Bob) Caron

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