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Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima (Q55435471)

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



Alternative names	George Robert Caron; S/Sgt. George R. (Bob) Caron
Description	American soldier
Date of birth/death	31 October 1919	3 June 1995
Location of birth/death	Brooklyn	Denver
Authority file	: Q3101846

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current	16:01, 29 March 2013	2,491 × 2,937 (2.44 MB)	Hohum	Contrast tweak
	22:57, 9 November 2011	2,491 × 2,937 (2.4 MB)	Yann	a small restoration
	21:49, 9 November 2011	2,491 × 2,937 (2.4 MB)	Yann	better contrast
	02:34, 7 June 2008	2,476 × 2,918 (1.33 MB)	Movieevery	higher resolution file
	20:58, 30 March 2006	543 × 677 (287 KB)	Fastfission~commonswiki	better quality
	17:40, 9 August 2005	494 × 577 (109 KB)	W.wolny