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August 6th 1945...Today is the anniverary of the bombing of Hiroshima..The most terrible day in history imho.

The atomic cloud (mushroom cloud) produced just after the burst is one of the most intensive characteristics of the A-bomb explosion.

The Hiroshima Meteorological Observatory reported that just after the flash, black smoke rose from the ground up to the sky reaching an altitude of several thousand meters, and covered the whole city. When the fireball disappeared, the angry clouds, like grey smoke, rose and reached an altitude of 8,000 meters in 5 minutes after the explosion.

One of the EnolaGay crew recorded in his flight diary, "9:00a.m.....Clouds were observed. Altitude of 12,000 meters or more." From a distance the cloud formation looked like a mushroom growing out of the ground, with white cloud at the top and yellowish clouds enveloping reddish-black clouds, creating a color that cannot be described as while, black, red or yellow.

In Nagasaki, from an observation point at the air-raid lookout post on Kouyagi Island located about 8 kilometers south of the city, just after the flash it appeared that a huge fireball covered the city, as if it were suppressing the city from the sky. Around the fireball there was a doughnut-shaped ring from the midst of which black smoke and flames rose up to the sky in an instant. The ring of the flames did not initially reach the ground. When the fireball scattered with a flash, the city was covered with darkness. The smoke rising from the midst of the ring, glittering in colors of red, white and yellow, reached an altitude of 8,000 meters in only 3 or 4 seconds.

After reaching an altitude of 8,000 meters, the smoke ascended more slowly and took about 30 seconds to reach an altitude of 12,000 meters. Then, the mass of smoke gradually discolored and scattered in wads of white clouds.





An eye witness account...

ON August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was hit by an atomic bomb.

Three days later Nagasaki was hit, effectively ending World War II. MARTIN PHILLIPS reports on Hiroshima survivor Sadae Kasaoka.
SHE was 13 when the world horrifically vaporised before her eyes.

Survivor ... Sadae KasaokaSadae says: "Windows in my house blazed a reddish burnt orange.

"An instant later the blast from the bomb slammed me into the wall and thousands of glass splinters hit me.

"I saw human beings melt like ice sculptures. I saw stones liquefy. It was the end of the planet as far as I could see."

It was 8.15am when Hiroshima was all but wiped off the face of the earth by the world's first A-bomb attack.

Sadae ran to an air raid shelter, stepping over "bits of blackened bodies".

She says: "I still see the flames rising from charred bodies.

"I saw ghostly shapes moving towards us, bits of linen hanging down around them. Only it wasn't cloth - it was their skin.

"The days after the bombing were one giant funeral.

Devastation ... two-thirds of buildings in Hiroshima were destroyed

"Most of my schoolfriends were burned on a pyre.

Hiroshima stank like one gigantic barbecue.

"The cries of the wounded pierced your soul like needles. The cries for water were most heartbreaking."

Sadae never talked about her ordeal until ten years ago. She now travels the world with the Voices For Peace group in the hope there will never be a repeat.

Tsutomo Yamaguchi, who died earlier this year aged 93, survived BOTH nuclear blasts.

He worked in Nagasaki but had been on a job in a Hiroshima factory when the world exploded.

Despite being burned, he caught a train home and went to work.

As his boss scoffed at his story of devastation the second A-bomb exploded.

Tsutomo, later known as "Lucky", knew what was coming when he saw the blinding flash and dived for cover before the blast struck.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3083897/Hiroshima-victims-speaks-about-bomb-on-65th-anniversary.html#ixzz0vrCAQfH2



Ban the bomb, wear your CND badge. This was a huge movement in the 60's. I remember several marches and rallies and yes, I wore my badge. But way back then I didnt fully understand. Today however I do know that this kind of warfare should not and cannot happen. There's no such think as a small or contained neuclear war..It would be the start of the end for us all.

Hi Nel...I'm not a big Robbie fan either. Good voice, bad attitude....

I also wish he hadn't rejoined Take That...they should have said no...he will try to upstage everyone, every chance he gets grrrrr

Born and raised in London, Nick Brandt studied Film and Painting at St. Martins School of Art.

He started photographing in December 2000 in East Africa, beginning the body of work that is his signature subject matter and style. He no longer directs, devoting himself full time to his fine art photography now.

Brandt's first book of photographs, "On This Earth", was published in October 2005, by Chronicle Books, with forewords by Jane Goodall and Alice Sebold (author of "The Lovely Bones").

He has had numerous one-man exhibitions between 2004 and 2006, including London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Santa Fe, Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco.

He now lives in Topanga, California....
Some of the most beautifull and stunning pics of animals in the wild imo..


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I like things like that

Incredible Wildlife pics Nel!!!

what amazing photos nelix....beautiful

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ooh nelix ,the pictures are really beautiful. especially done in black and white.x

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ohhh nelix you beauty....lmao....that's really started my morning off with a smile....waaaaah haaaaaaah

stunning pictures nelix.x

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