Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Mushroom cloud towering over Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945

The second atomic bomb, code-named "Fat Man," was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. This photograph shows the unmistakable mushroom cloud that towered over the city following the bomb's detonation.

Publisher: Courtesy the National Archives and Records Administration.
Date: 1945

Mushroom cloud towering over Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945