1. NAGASAKI & HIROSHIMA Kaytelle Boursiquot Kristen Sardina

2. MUSHROOM CLOUD The mushroom cloud is from a nuclear explosion. The smoke raised 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of August 9, 1945.

3. BEFORE AND AFTER A cloud covered the city, prohibiting the visual attack required by orders. The fuel was running low because of a transfer pump on a reserve tank had failed before take-off, they headed for their secondary target, Nagasaki.

4. WHERE IS NAGASAKI? Nagasaki is located in Japan. It’s population is 459, 198 as of 2007. The cities that surrounded Nagasaki are Isahaya and Saikai.

5. MONUMENT This monument is placed at ground zero in Nagasaki. The surviving victims of the bombings are called Hibakusha. As of March 31, 2007, there were 251,834 Hibakusha’s recognized by the Japanese government.

6. LITTLE BOY Hiroshima was the primary target for the first nuclear bombing on August 6, Kokura and Nagasaki being the alternative targets. The B-29 Enola Gay was piloted and commanded by 509th Composite Group, Paul Tibbets.

7. AFTERMATH OF THE BOMBING Some of the concrete buildings in Hiroshima were very strongly constructed and their framework didn’t collapse even though they were fairly close to the center of damage in the city. Since the bomb detonated in the air, the blast was downward rather then sideways, which was a big part of the survival of the Prefecture Industrial Promotional Hall.

8. POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BURN The energy that was released by the bomb was powerful enough to burn through clothing, causing their skin to burn very badly.

9. CHURCH DESTROYED In January of 1946, during world war II, the Catholic Church was destroyed by an atomic bomb, the dome of the church having toppled off.