Genbaku Dome
8:15 AM, August 6th, 1945.
Hiroshima, a city in the south-west of Japan, became the target for the first atomic bomb (in japanese 'genbaku') used for war purposes. Thousands of civilian lives were taken and the effects of radiation prolonged people's suffering during decades.
In this picture, the former Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition building can be seen as a reminder of the tragedy. Due to its location right below the hypocenter of the explosion, which ocurred several hundreds of meters above, many walls could resist the pressure wave, while almost everything else in the city was blown off.
Hiroshima, a city in the south-west of Japan, became the target for the first atomic bomb (in japanese 'genbaku') used for war purposes. Thousands of civilian lives were taken and the effects of radiation prolonged people's suffering during decades.
In this picture, the former Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition building can be seen as a reminder of the tragedy. Due to its location right below the hypocenter of the explosion, which ocurred several hundreds of meters above, many walls could resist the pressure wave, while almost everything else in the city was blown off.
posted by Juane at Thursday, June 22, 2006
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