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| Keywords: Atomic cloud over Hiroshima - NARA 542192 - Edit.jpg 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 File At the time this photo was made smoke billowed 20 000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atom - NARA - 542192 tif 542192 Retouched picture Mmxx At the time this photo was made smoke billowed 20 000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atom - NARA - 542192 tif 1945-08-06 Enola Gay Tail Gunner S/Sgt George R Bob Caron Retouched by Mmxx <gallery> File At the time this photo was made smoke billowed 20 000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atom - NARA - 542192 tif tif original File At the time this photo was made smoke billowed 20 000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atom - NARA - 542192 jpg jpg Cropped color correction restoration File Atomic Explosion over Hiroshima jpg File Atomic cloud over Hiroshima jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima by George R Caron | ||||
