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Nagasaki Peace Memorial

This is a shot I took of one of thousands of memorials at ground zero in Nagasaki, right outside of the front entrance to the Atomic Bomb museum and memorial. There are so many reasons today to remember the over 75,000 people who died instantly when the second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, 60 years ago.

 

Here is a site dedicated to remembering the atomic bombing of Nagasaki: Remembering Nagasaki.

 

This site was set up on the 50th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It includes photographs by the Japanese Army Photograper, Yosuke Yamahata. On August 10th, 1945 he took his camera and documented the devastation left in the wake of the second atomic bomb dropped on a civilian population. The pictures are stark, terrifying and heatbreaking. Many of these are on display at the atomic bomb museum at ground zero in Nagasaki. These should be required viewing for everyone. Please take a look.

 

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Uploaded on August 8, 2005
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