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NAGASAKI (ANIMATION)
Nagasaki, Japan (August 9, 1945)
Resources: Photo Gallery

Mushroom Cloud over Nagasaki, August 9, 1945

Aerial photographs of the mushroom cloud forming over Nagasaki, August 9, 1945.

The photographs are courtesy the Federation of American Scientists, except for the last one, which is courtesy the Office of War Information (via the National Archives).  The animation of the four images is original to the History Division, 2003.  Scroll down to see each image separately.  At the bottom is an additional photograph similar to the fourth photograph, courtesy the Library of Congress.  (Click here for a 1.9 MB .tif version of the this image.)

First Nagasaki Cloud Photograph

Second Nagasaki Cloud Photograph

Third Nagasaki Cloud Photograph

Fourth Nagasaki Cloud Photograph

Mushroom Cloud over Nagasaki, August 9, 1945

(Click here for a 1.9 MB .tif version of this image.)

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