Mushroom cloud (A few minutes after detonation)

Mushroom cloud (A few minutes after detonation)

Mushroom cloud captured a few minutes after the detonation of the atomic bomb; taken about 6.5 kilometers northeast of the hypocenter. According to records held by the United States Armed Forces, the cloud billowed to 9,000 meters in the sky within three minutes of the blast. The photograph was taken by Seiso Yamada, then 17, who was walking to visit Mikumari Gorge in Fuchu-cho, Aki County in Hiroshima Prefecture, with his friends. They were watching a B-29 and a parachute in the sky from the entrance to the gorge when a flash, a rumbling of the ground, and a roar suddenly hit them. Trees in the pine forest around them shook violently from the blast, and a huge mushroom cloud rose rapidly, which he photographed with a Japan-made camera he had brought with him. (The parachute Mr. Yamada saw is believed to have been the blast measurement instrumentation dropped by one of the planes accompanying the Enola Gay.) **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Seiso Yamada/Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

Shaped Mushroom Cloud Tree

NANNING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 - A tree shaped like a "mushroom cloud" is seen in Nanhu Park in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb 16, 2025. It is reported that the tree is made of more than 10 small ficus trees through artificial modeling.

China urges U.S. not to use unmanned airship for political manipulation

STORY: China urges U.S. not to use unmanned airship for political manipulation DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: The U.S. should not have overreacted to or use the unintended entry of the Chinese civilian unmanned airship for political manipulation to smear and attack China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "Speaking of 'deflecting,' can the U.S. tell us why it is able to see the 'balloon' 18,000 meters above the ground, but seems to have been blind to the toxic mushroom cloud of vinyl chloride over Ohio? Why was it vocal about investigations and accountability immediately after the Nord Stream blast, and yet unusually silent in the wake of the latest investigative report written by a U.S. journalist? The U.S. also needs to explain: What exactly were the three high-altitude o

Hiroshima offers permanent home to Okamoto's 'Myth of Tomorrow'

Hiroshima offers permanent home to Okamoto's 'Myth of Tomorrow'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - With a copy of Taro Okamoto's mural ''Myth of Tomorrow'' in the background, Akiomi Hirano, director of Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum in Tokyo, speaks to reporters in Hiroshima on Jan. 9 about Hiroshima's offer to house Okamoto's painting at a park north of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome. The ''Myth of Tomorrow,'' a 5.5-meter-by-30-meter mural painted on seven panes of concrete, depicts the moment of an atomic bomb explosion and a skeleton burning under a mushroom cloud. Tokyo and Osaka have also expressed interest to offer a permanent home for the giant mural produced between 1968 and 1969 in Mexico.

Long lost Taro Okamoto mural returns home after 35 years

Long lost Taro Okamoto mural returns home after 35 years

TOKYO, Japan - Members involved in the restoration of a long-lost mural painting by renowned Japanese artist Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) sit for a press conference in Tokyo on June 6. They plan to restore the painting, which recently returned to Japan from Mexico, for future public showing. The ''Myth of Tomorrow,'' a 5.5 meter by 30 meter mural, captures the moment of an atomic-bomb explosion and depicts a skeleton burning under a mushroom cloud while others seek to flee.

N. Korea willing to let foreign diplomats visit blast site

N. Korea willing to let foreign diplomats visit blast site

BEIJING, China - British Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell speaks to reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 14 on his way back to Britain from Pyongyang. Rammel said North Korea is willing to let diplomats visit the site of a mysterious blast which sent a huge mushroom cloud into the air over Kim Hyung Jik County near the Chinese border Sept. 9.

Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows the mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Shigeo Motoyama, a senior official of the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, said that judging by a steep jump in air pressure recorded by equipment located 4 kilometers from ground zero on the day of the bombing, the bomb could have been dropped at around 10:52 a.m., 10 minutes earlier than the current official time of 11:02 a.m.

Long lost Taro Okamoto mural returns home after 35 years

Long lost Taro Okamoto mural returns home after 35 years

TOKYO, Japan - Members involved in the restoration of a long-lost mural painting by renowned Japanese artist Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) sit for a press conference in Tokyo on June 6. They plan to restore the painting, which recently returned to Japan from Mexico, for future public showing. The ''Myth of Tomorrow,'' a 5.5 meter by 30 meter mural, captures the moment of an atomic-bomb explosion and depicts a skeleton burning under a mushroom cloud while others seek to flee. (Kyodo)

Watchmen (2009)

Watchmen (2009)

Malin Akerman & Patrick Wilson Characters: Laurie Juspeczyk & Dan Dreiberg Film: Watchmen (2009) Director: Zack Snyder 05 March 2009 Date: 05 March 2009

Jericho (2006)

Jericho (2006)

Skeet Ulrich Characters: Jake Green Television: Jericho (2006) Director: Jon Turteltaub 20 September 2006 Photo: Skeet Ulrich stars in 'Jericho' Things are quiet and peaceful in small-town Jericho, Kansas, but when a baffling mushroom cloud appears on the horizon Jericho's residents are plunged into chaos... copyright 2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. all rights reserved not for resale or archiving Date: 20 September 2006

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 　 　 The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the mushroom cloud, the burnt ruins of Hiroshima, children walking among the rubble, half-destroyed buildings. 　 　 Date of shooting unknown, Date of release: August 6, 1945.

N. Korea willing to let foreign diplomats visit blast site

N. Korea willing to let foreign diplomats visit blast site

BEIJING, China - British Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell speaks to reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 14 on his way back to Britain from Pyongyang. Rammel said North Korea is willing to let diplomats visit the site of a mysterious blast which sent a huge mushroom cloud into the air over Kim Hyung Jik County near the Chinese border Sept. 9. (Kyodo)

Hiroshima offers permanent home to Okamoto's 'Myth of Tomorrow'

Hiroshima offers permanent home to Okamoto's 'Myth of Tomorrow'

HIROSHIMA, Japan - With a copy of Taro Okamoto's mural ''Myth of Tomorrow'' in the background, Akiomi Hirano, director of Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum in Tokyo, speaks to reporters in Hiroshima on Jan. 9 about Hiroshima's offer to house Okamoto's painting at a park north of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome. The ''Myth of Tomorrow,'' a 5.5-meter-by-30-meter mural painted on seven panes of concrete, depicts the moment of an atomic bomb explosion and a skeleton burning under a mushroom cloud. Tokyo and Osaka have also expressed interest to offer a permanent home for the giant mural produced between 1968 and 1969 in Mexico. (Kyodo)

U.S. nuclear test films declassified, uploaded to YouTube

U.S. nuclear test films declassified, uploaded to YouTube

An image from YouTube shows a mushroom cloud from a U.S. above-ground nuclear test. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California released the first set of restored films of nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. government from the 1940s to the early 1960s on YouTube on March 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows the mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Shigeo Motoyama, a senior official of the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, said that judging by a steep jump in air pressure recorded by equipment located 4 kilometers from ground zero on the day of the bombing, the bomb could have been dropped at around 10:52 a.m., 10 minutes earlier than the current official time of 11:02 a.m.