The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima | The Daily 360 | The New York Times

Through modeling and mapping technologies, witness from above what happened in Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945.

 By: Kaitlyn Mullin, Veda Shastri, Nicole Fineman, and Samantha Quick

The first nuclear weapon to be dropped on humans was the "Little Boy" atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The destruction caused killed thousands of people, injured many more, and caused long-lasting effects such as cancer and birth defects.

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[namansoood]

Imagine minding your own business and suddenly a burst of light appears and everyone dies. Worst nightmare.

[kj]

Me: The camera man is so bad


Also me: Oh wait it’s me

[natchola]

"stop quoting me wtf"

-Albert Einstein

[Adam-cyns]

“No warning” literally dropped pamphlets

[IBlameDrew]

Wtf, they dropped the bomb again just to make 360 version

[alanhowitzer]

It's amazing the whole city was rebuilt like nothing happened.

[lukes]

It’s a bird
It’s a plane
Oh it’s a—

[johnsargento]

I am offended as an American that you would say we gave no warning. Truman warned the Emperor to expect a Rain of Ruin from the air the likes of which has never been seen on this Earth. I call that a clear warning.

[Roman-rxtm]

Who else was disappointed when we didn’t see the explosion

[hamae]

“Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.”
-Albert Einstein

[ehbruh]

*Flyers dropped in Hiroshima before the nukes*
Some of you Japanese are alright, don't come to Hiroshima tomorrow.

[crapadopalese]

Wow, now I understand why VR is so important. This was so realistic, I really FELT like I was in a flight simulator from 89.

[sevensevennine]

"there was no warning given"

But there was, though, in the most literal sense of warning

[SgtFurby]

Stopped watching at 0:50 due to the false information that "no warning was given." Thousands of pamphlets and warning were dumped weeks prior to dropping the bombs informing the citizens to vacate the area to avoid deadly consequences. No one took the warning seriously

[rudyallen]

whoever filmed this should never touch a camera again.

oh wait

[Joseph-whof]

It's scary to imagine how much destruction and death this device can cause, and what's even scarier is that we have created bombs that are 5 times its size.

[God-rvcq]

Japan: kicks some boats
USA:

[WARNING: WAR ZONE IN REPLIES]

[casualsleepingdragon]

I still find it astonishing that one weapon ended a war, nearly started a 2nd war, and also kept that war from happening

[hypercynic]

It is so unimaginable; the level of destruction that this caused. Even when watching videos which attempt to recreate the scale of the explosion, I am never able to comprehend such a catastrophe. 9/11 seems so apocalyptic as a 30 year old, meanwhile things like the bombings of London, the bombings of Berlin, the Siege of Leningrad... And above and beyond all, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

World War II is so fascinating for so many reasons, but it's almost unreal how chaotic the world was only 80 years ago. We feel like the world is going down the toilet right now, but we live in a paradise compared to the end of the 1800's and the early 1900's. I think we really need to appreciate the present a bit more; even during this tumultuous time. We are still dealing with a considerably more civilized world than back then.

Ah weed... gotta love it.

[AJBAXOM]

*The world can never forget that day.* Wherever in the world it is taught in every school and *I hope that all the countries in the world live in peace and prosperity.* May everyone be happy and never such a day comes