Atomic explosions

The Japanese city of Hiroshima was destroyed by the world's first atomic bombing, by American forces, 70 years ago this week. About 140,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the attack, including those who survived the bombing itself but died soon afterwards due to severe radiation exposure. Three days after Hiroshima, the US military dropped a plutonium bomb on the port city of Nagasaki, killing some 74,000 people. Videographic explaining the physical impact of atomic weapons.VIDEOGRAPHIC