Rare black-and-white photo of Atom bomb cloud found in Hiroshima school

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This black-and-white photo provided by the Honkawa Elementary School on January 9, 2013 and recently found at the Honkawa Elementary school in Hiroshima city shows the mushroom cloud from the Hiroshima atomic bombing split in two which is believed to have been taken about half-an-hour after the bombing on August 6, 1945, from a location some 10 kilometres (six miles) east of the hypocentre. "The existence of this shot was always known in history books, but this is the first time that the actual print was discovered," said a curator at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. AFP PHOTO / HONKAWA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

TOKYO (AFP).- A rare photo showing the mushroom cloud from the Hiroshima atomic bombing in two distinct parts, one above the other, has been discovered in the city, a museum curator said Wednesday.

The black-and-white picture is believed to have been taken about half-an-hour after the bombing on August 6, 1945, around 10 kilometres (six miles) east of the hypocentre.

"The existence of this shot was always known in history books, but this is the first time that the actual print has been discovered," said a curator at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. "A shot showing the mushroom cloud split into two like this is very rare."

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1. That's a very cool pic

It's been reported that the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima reached >40,000 feet in altitude. It certainly doesn't look that high in this pic. I wonder if this is taken after its zenith.

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2. positively frightening