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| Keywords: Firestorm cloud over Hiroshima.jpg featured prominently in the Hiroshima Peace Museum up to 2016 though not cited it had initially been misattributed and presented to the public by the US with the popular world touring 1955 The Family of Man exhibition Earlier estimates derived solely from the quantity of fuel in the city and more recently on the height of the Pyrocumulonimbus cloud both point at approximately 1000 times the equivalent energy of the bomb having been released by this firestorm During the birthing of this cloud 20 mins after detonation soot filled black rain began to fall on survivors Climate scientists suggest that 100 of these identical firestorm clouds could cause 1-2 celsius of catastrophic global cooling which is termed a small nuclear winter 1945-08-06 http //www nytimes com/2016/05/24/science/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-mushroom-cloud html New York Time United States Army other versions PD-USGov Atomic bombing of Hiroshima | ||||
