With the introduction of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer movie, the past and future of the nuclear bomb began to be talked about again.
Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their effects. But have you ever thought about these dark silhouettes and what they mean?
The physical effects of the bomb were unimaginably terrifying. It wasn’t looking for horror movie scenes.
None of us can forget the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one of the great cities of Japan, as one of the most terrible crimes against humanity in history. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of people who fell victim to the attack on 6 and 9 August 1945, there were thousands more who could not recover from their physical and psychological effects.
People literally melted away. As a result of such a terrible disaster, of course, many terrifying scars were left. Some of the people lost certain limbs or were disfigured, while others left black marks on the streets.
These spooky silhouettes, which we see as shadows, actually give a clue to before the explosion…
Radiology professor Dr. According to Michael Hartshorne; Each time a bomb explodes, intense heat and light is emitted from the explosion point. This energy and light is absorbed by objects and people, thus “protecting” the objects behind them. Thus, the colors of the places outside the area protected by objects and people lighten.
It’s going to be a little creepy, but we can put it this way: These shadows actually show more or less what the place looked like before it exploded. In short, those dark areas are not shadows, they are places that have not been bleached by the impact of the explosion.
Perhaps the most famous of the Hiroshima shadows is the shadow of the person sitting on the steps of a bank:
A fence was built around this blackout, one of the most impressive traces left by the explosion, and remained that way for 8 years. It was then covered with tempered glass to prevent further deterioration.
This site, which remained in place for more than 20 years, was taken to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in 1971. At this time, visitors can get a close-up view of the terrifying shadows that are monuments to the horrors of nuclear weapons.
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