Colorful cranes decorate a hatchcover in Hiroshima city, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu island, Japan.

Colorful cranes decorate a hatchcover (manhole cover) in Hiroshima city, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu island, Japan. On August 6, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb weapon obliterated nearly everything in central Hiroshima within a two kilometer radius. We were overwhelmed seeing hundreds of students and adults solemnly honoring the memorials to Hiroshima’s 220,000 mostly-civilian deaths from the atomic blast and subsequent radiation. The A-Bomb Dome, also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is what remains of the former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hiroshima is not radioactive today primarily because the atomic bomb exploded above ground, which caused most of the radioactive material to disperse into the atmosphere and decay rapidly. Despite having its heart cut out in 1945, Hiroshima’s population has grown 8 times since then and thrives today with 1.2 million people.

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Colorful cranes decorate a hatchcover (manhole cover) in Hiroshima city, Hiroshima Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu island, Japan. On August 6, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb weapon obliterated nearly everything in central Hiroshima within a two kilometer radius. We were overwhelmed seeing hundreds of students and adults solemnly honoring the memorials to Hiroshima’s 220,000 mostly-civilian deaths from the atomic blast and subsequent radiation. The A-Bomb Dome, also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is what remains of the former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall — now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hiroshima is not radioactive today primarily because the atomic bomb exploded above ground, which caused most of the radioactive material to disperse into the atmosphere and decay rapidly. Despite having its heart cut out in 1945, Hiroshima’s population has grown 8 times since then and thrives today with 1.2 million people.