500 feet above that statue is where Fat Man blew up.

Formerly the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall, this building was about 150 m from the hypocenter of the blast.

the "a-bomb dome," the only building left standing after the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. it was almost directly under the hypocenter, the place where the bomb exploded in the air - a few hundred feet up. hiroshima, japan. 2005

The former Hiroshima Commercial Industrial Hall was the only building near the hypocenter left standing when the atomic bomb exploded on August 6, 1945.

The bomb was detonated approximately 500 meters over this site.

Monument at the hypocenter of the explosion. The bomb detonated at approximately 500 meters above this spot. The explosive power was equivalent to 21,000 tons of TNT.

That number is how many died.

The sarcophagus contains all of their names.

The Hypocenter Park features a memorial at the precise point below which the bomb detonated.

Center of explosion

900m from hypocenter

The twisted metal on the right is an actual piece of debris from the explosion.

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This part of the Urikami Cathedral survived the blast despite being located just 500 meters northeast of the hypocenter. It has been relocated to this area, which is called the prayer zone.

The A-Bomb Dome was one of the few buildings that wasn't leveled by the bombing because it was so close to the hypocenter where the bomb exploded in the air.