1st Row from left: 1. What it looked like after the blast. 2. Steel windows some kilometres away bent by the shockwaves. 3. Reenactment of wax figurines. Burnt, with melted skins dangling from their faces, arms.. from the searing heat.2nd row from left: 1 & 2. The watch that stopped at 815am. The instant it detonated. Clothing on victims, that were torn by the blast.
3rd row from left: 1. The red ball above the model of Hiroshima city shows the fire ball that resulted from detonation. 2 &3. Clothing remains.
1st row from left: 1. Charred rice in the lunch box. Found by a mother under her son's burnt unrecognizable body. Only recognizable thing was his lunch box. 2. Water bottle. 3. The size of the bomb, Little Boy. 4 metres only - destroyed 350,000 lives.. Almost 140,000 died instantly. The rest over time.. From cancer, leukemia, internal organs damage..
2nd row from left: 1. Sandal left by a dead 13 yr old girl. Her body wasn't found. but 2 months later, her mother found the sandal hand-made by herself from her kimono. 2. Finger nails and skin left behind by a son. The mother had kept them, wanting to show them to the father who had not returned from the war. 3. Hair remains of a 13 yr old girl who died on Aug 7th morning. The hair is singed in some areas.
3rd row from left: 1. A hat burnt and torn. unknown. 2. A bicycle belonging to a young boy who was killed in the blast. His dad buried it with him in their yard as he was afraid he was too young and would be lonely. 3. Torn clothing remains.
Images of victims.2nd row 1st photo from left: A lady in Kimono burnt by the thermal rays. The dark pigment areas of her kimono absorbed the most heat thereby scarring her with the imprints.
3rd row 2nd photo from left: Melted and twisted steel structures.
3rd row 3rd photo: Roof tiles melted and joined together..
Stuart
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