The Hiroshima Shadows

On August 6th 1945 the world changed forever within a blink of an eye. Japan had no idea what was about to happen to them and the world looked on in horror. August 6th was the day that ‘Little Boy’ was detonated 1,900 feet above the city of Hiroshima.

Residents who were going about their daily business saw a bright flash of light, followed by the heat that was 10,000F destroying anything in its path. The U.S had just released Little Boy over Hiroshima and had similar plans for Nagasaki. The U.S hoped that by weakening Japan they would force them to surrender and the war would finally be over.

The U.S also wanted to show off to the world their new technology and used Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a warning to any other country who believed that they could take them on. When Little Boy was dropped, residents had little time to run for safety as the heat and clouds engulfed them. The most affected site was the Sumitomo Bank as it was closest to where the Little Boy was.

The heat from Little Boy had been so intense that it had bleached everything in the immediate area, leaving shadows of anything that stood in its way. Perhaps the scariest and most famous photograph from this time is the photo of the Hiroshima Shadow Man.

This photo shows the shadow of an elderly man who was sitting on the steps of the Sumitomo Bank, complete with the shadow of his walking stick. Hiroshima is dotted with shadows just like it, displaying people’s final moments before their lives were taken. It wasn’t just people that left shadows behind either, bikes, water tanks and structures all left their mark.

These shadows are well documented but the photo of the man on the steps is the one that we all associate with Hiroshima. The shadows remained there for decades until the wind and rain took their toll.

However, the infamous shadow of the man sitting on the steps was removed and placed in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum where visitors are able to see the shadow up close and personal.

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¿Sabes lo que es estar con una mujer completa? No me refiero a si cumple con el volumen estereotipado de sus nalgas o la fantasía de un par de senos que tapen su cara. Te hablo de la verdad que estremece como un recóndito hechizo en el núcleo de cada una de nuestras células, te hablo de unos labios que hablan con voz de esperanza en tiempos difíciles, te hablo de una mujer con brazos pequeños que te pueden hacer sentir un océano, te hablo de una mirada que te reta y no se cansa de verte como si fueses un atardecer en el Pacífico. Yo sé que puedes decirme que has estado con muchas, que eres un gran amante, que a todas las complaces, y sabes lo triste, que puedes complacer a todas y no querer a ninguna, que puedes llenar sus oídos de cuentos y fantasías, pero al día siguiente te sentirás igual de solo que cuando despiertas un domingo pensando en cómo en el fondo envidias a esas parejas que se levantan temprano para dar un paseo, pensando en que crees que por haber compartido la cama con muchas puedes entender lo que es estar de verdad con una mujer. Estás equivocado mi amigo, una mujer completa hace que no te den ganas de huir, una mujer completa no se parece a las modelos que sigues en portadas de revistas o redes, una mujer completa te hace sentir hombre, y no me refiero a un macho, si no a un hombre fuerte, con convicciones, con fortaleza, con decisión, una mujer completa te demuestra en silencio lo pendejo que eres y ella sabe que lo entenderás. Existir es una batalla que un tiempo se libra solo, después se necesita compañía, tanto por supervivencia como por espiritualidad. ¿Has estado con una mujer completa? Tal vez no, porque ellas no pierden su tiempo con los que están hechos pedazos, ellas ya pasaron por eso.

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