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Picture taken of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

Español: Nube de hongo sobre Nagasaki producida por la bomba atómica. Tomada desde un B-29 a una altura de 18 km Français : Le champignon atomique sur Nagasaki est monté jusqu'à une altitude de 18 km. Nederlands: De aanval gefotografeerd vanuit een van de B-29 Superfortresses betrokken bij de aanval Svenska: Atombomben över Nagasaki resulterar i ett svampformat moln som sträcker sig över 18 km upp i luften. Source

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August 9, 1945

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The picture was taken from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack.

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Library of Congress catalog information

TITLE: Mushroom cloud

CALL NUMBER: POS 6 - U.S., no. 1176 (C size) <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: _ _ _ _ _ Publication may be restricted. For information see "Yanker poster collection" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/250_yank.html).

MEDIUM: 1 print (poster)

CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1967.

RELATED NAMES:

Personality Posters, copyright claimant.

NOTES:

Use electronic surrogate.kokot

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985.

jj / 860407.

SUBJECTS:

Mushroom clouds.

FORMAT:

Photographs Reproductions.

Posters American.

Prints.

PART OF: Yanker Poster Collection (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (intermediary roll film) yan 1a38919

VIDEO FRAME ID: LCPP001A-38919 (from original)

CARD #: yan1996001118/PP

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment current18:48, 29 February 20081,246×1,468 (714 KB)Xiong Chiamiov (losslessly optimized using en:optipng) 02:26, 26 October 20061,246×1,468 (761 KB)Fastfission (a little higher res) 00:19, 9 January 20061,060×1,449 (251 KB)Hautala (higher resolution from http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/images/ww2-163.jpg) 11:32, 10 February 2005800×1,094 (114 KB)Mormegil (Atomic bombing of Nagasaki (from en:))

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