2009/11/29

Hiroshima Hypocenter


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HYPOCENTER
Carried to Hiroshima from Tinian island by the Enola Gay, a U.S. Army B-29 bomber, the first atomic bomb used in the historyof humankind exploded approximately 3,000 to 4,000 Degrees Celcius along with the blast wind and radiation. Most people in the area lost their lives instantly. The time was 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945. 
(View of devastation looking from hypocenter, November 1945. Photograph by U.S. Army)


This is an artists rendering/apporximation of the Hypocenter above Hiroshima.
©Solo Galura

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