Preview of Andremaheux's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Hiroshima, Japan Entry Title: "Head first into the atomic era." Entry: "It was so strange to be standing underneath the point where the first Atomic Bomb went off (it actually exploded 600m above ground level to maximize the damage...). It was one of the most bizarre feeling I ever had. Never before in history of warfare were so many lives destroyed simultaneously and indiscriminately. Looking up the sky I couldn't help but imagine what it must have been like when this huge fire ball suddenly illuminated the sky and rose the temperature to 5000 degrees Celsius. A split second later the most powerful shock wave ever created by man (at the time...) wiped out nearly all the buildings within a 2 km radius. Tens of thousand people were instantaneously vaporised. Some of them leaving a permanent shadow on the sidewalk where they stood. Those that died instantly were the lucky ones. Many more died the following days and weeks from radiation burns so severe that their skin melted and came off their flesh. Their sufferance was unimaginable. Some of the children were burned so badly that their own parents couldn't recognize them. Near the epicenter, a memorial and a couple museums were built where pictures and very explicit stuff are exhibited. At the center of all this is the famous dome shaped ...
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