The atomic bomb survivor's skin was burned in a pattern corresponding to the dark portions of her kimono worn at the time of the explosion, Aug 1945 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     The atomic bomb survivor's skin was burned in a pattern corresponding to the dark portions of her kimono worn at the time of the explosion, Aug 1945 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Date 30 Aug 1945
Photographer    Unknown
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile.

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Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   77-MDH-6.55b
 
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Photos on Same Day 30 Aug 1945
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 1,193 x 1,284 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. don says:
19 Aug 2011 07:52:02 PM

Heartbreaking.

I hope this sort of thing is never repeated but knowing humans, I'm not too optimistic.

Thank you for sharing these photos and for the work you put into your site.
2. Denn says:
7 Sep 2011 08:54:55 AM

Alas, General Sherman's dictum stands the test of time.
3. Dan says:
6 Feb 2014 01:23:56 PM

Yes this is bad.
But if they hadn't of dropped them who knows
what kind of super weapons Japan could of created
if they were not stopped.
Amen to that.
4. Anonymous says:
15 Oct 2019 10:34:08 AM

Call me a devil’s advocate but, Japan couldn’t make any super weapon. They were burning, starving, and strangled of steel, fuel, food, rubber, all that would be needed to make any weapon. They lacked aircraft able to take off, pilots to fly them, and enough air superiority to make anything meaningful of it.

It is disheartening we had to drop nuclear weapon on fellow humans, however, the reason was not because they would have super weapons but instead that they would rather have every Japanese person kill themselves than to live in defeat. We did it to save them from themselves.

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