Atomic cloud over Nagasaki
Charles Levy / U.S. Army Air Forces, 1945
About this work
Charles Levy, a U.S. Army Air Forces crewman, photographed this mushroom cloud rising over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, from the B-29 The Great Artiste, an instrument aircraft flying alongside the bomber Bockscar. Bockscar had taken off from Tinian at 03:47 that morning carrying a "Fat Man" plutonium implosion bomb, with Kokura as its primary target and Nagasaki as the secondary. The bomb was dropped over the city's industrial valley and exploded 47 seconds later, at 11:02, about 503 metres above the ground, nearly 3 km northwest of the planned aiming point and halfway between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works and the Nagasaki Arsenal. It was the second and last atomic bomb used in war, three days after Hiroshima. The effects of the bombing killed 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki over the following two to four months, roughly half of them on the first day, and most of the victims were civilians. Japan announced its surrender six days later. The photograph was taken from the northwest and is held by the U.S. National Archives.
Sources: Wikimedia Commons · Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 3,245 × 3,877 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 21 × 25 in
- Sizes
- Small (17 × 20 in) · $100 · 191 ppi
Medium (20 × 24 in) · $150 · 162 ppi
Large (30 × 36 in) · $300 · 108 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
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Here. Atomic cloud over Nagasaki is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (17 × 20 in) for $100, Medium (20 × 24 in) for $150 and Large (30 × 36 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for Atomic cloud over Nagasaki?
The file is 3,245 × 3,877 px. Medium (20 × 24 in) is the largest size that prints at 150 ppi or more (162 ppi), the sharpest choice for close viewing; Large (30 × 36 in) prints at 108 ppi, fine from a few feet away but softer up close.
Is it legal to print Atomic cloud over Nagasaki?
Yes. Charles Levy took the photograph from a U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft as part of the mission, which makes it a work of the U.S. federal government and in the public domain. The National Archives holds it.
