from one of the B-29 Superfortresses used in the attack.
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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)
العربية: صورة لسحابة عيش الغراب الناتجة عن الأنفجار النووي عند إلقاء قنبلة "الرجل البدين" على مدينة ناگازاكي اليابانية سنة 1945 اثناء الحرب العالمية الثانية.
Български: Гъбата от атомният взрив над Нагасаки на 9 август 1945
English: Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. Taken from the north west.
Кыргызча: 1945-жылы 9-августта Нагасакинин үстүндөгү атомдук жарылуудан чыккан козу карын.
Русский: Атомная бомбардировка города Нагасаки 9 августа 1945 года.
Español: Nube de hongo sobre Nagasaki producida por la bomba atómica. Tomada desde un B-29 a una altura de 18 km
Français : Le champignon atomique sur Nagasaki est monté jusqu'à une altitude de 18 km.
Nederlands: Paddestoelwolk boven Nagasaki na de aanval op 9 augustus 1945. Genomen vanuit het noordwesten.
Română: Ciuperca atomică de la Nagasaki, Japonia, 9 august 1945.
Svenska: Atombomben över Nagasaki resulterar i ett svampformat moln som sträcker sig över 18 km upp i luften.
Scope and content: Original caption: A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese port of Nagasaki, the result of an atomic bomb, the second ever used in warfare, dropped on the industrial center August 8, 1945, from a U.S. B-29 Superfortress.
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