FROM THE AUGUST 1, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED MONDAY AUGUST 1, 2005

TIME Graphic by Joe Lertola and Jackson Dykman. Animation by James Johnson.

Sources: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Hiroshima Peace Site, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Natural Resources Defense Council; No High Ground, by Fletcher Knebel and Charles Bailey II (Harper & Bros.; 1960); The Enola Gay, by Norman Polmar (Brassey's; 2004); The Fall of Japan, by Keith Wheeler (Time - Life; 1983) Boeing Aircraft Cutaways, by Mike Badrocke and Bill Gunston (Osprey; 1998)

Hiroshima Aerial Photos: National Archives;
Mushroom Cloud Photo: Hulton Archive / Getty Images

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