Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 3

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 3

While fire is engulfing the town, a mushroom-shaped fire-ball and smoke rise into the sky.

Inscriptions read “312”; signed by the author; caption reads “(3)… Poi sopra la palla di fuoco, apparve una colonna incandescente di colore rosso violaceo che salì rapidissimamente fino all‘altezza di 3000 metri; erano passati appena 45 secondi…”

Caption translates as: “(3)… Then, above the fire ball, appeared an incandescent, red and violet column, which swiftly rose to 3,000 metres in only 45 seconds…”

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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