Mushroom cloud of the Atomic Bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945
Date1945
Object number00030435
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper.
DimensionsImage: 218 x 171 mm
Sight: 211 x 168 mm
Sheet: 227 x 181 mm
Mount: 432 x 356 mm, 3 mm
Overall: 432 x 356 mm, 3 mm, 0.2 kg
Sight: 211 x 168 mm
Sheet: 227 x 181 mm
Mount: 432 x 356 mm, 3 mm
Overall: 432 x 356 mm, 3 mm, 0.2 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
HistoryNational WWII Museum has the same image in its collection described as: Aerial view of the mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb. "This is the smoke column caused by the explosion of the second atomic bomb at Nagasaki. This picture was made at 30,000 ft." See also 2010.216.349. Nagasaki, Japan. 9 August 1945. Photographs taken during the service of Ladelle A. Hamilton in the USAAF in the PTO in WWII.
