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1945-08-08

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Dense column of smoke capped by mushroom cloud rises more than 60,000 feet into air over Japanese port of Nagasaki, result of atomic bomb, second ever used in warfare, dropped on industrial center from US B-29 Superfortress.

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  • Date: 1945-08-08
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W PRINT
  • Subject Keywords: Wwii, Air Raids On, Nagasaki, Japan, Wars, Kyushu, 1940s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_179213
  • Credits: NATIONAL ARCHIVES
LIFE Photo Collection

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