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| Keywords: Sanno and trees.jpg en en Sannō Shrine Nagasaki This image shows the shrine's surviving camphor trees in naked silhouette 1945 Context note One of the two pillars of the Sanno Shrine Torii was toppled by the A-bomb blast The blast also blew away the branches and leaves of the two camphor trees in the precincts of the Shrine which were then more than 500 years old At that time it was feared that the trees might wither and die; however they gradually began to recover and now are thickly covered with leaves and branches Photographed by the U S Strategic Bombing Survey 1945; Committee for Research of Photographs and Materials of the Atomic Bombing Nagasaki Foundation for Promotion of Peace -- http //www1 city nagasaki nagasaki jp/peace/english/kids/kaisetsu/detail/sanno html Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum unknown US government photographer 1945 <gallery> Image Nagasaki Sanno Shrine 1 jpg The camphor trees 2009 Image Nagasaki Sanno Shrine 3 jpg Camphor tree 2009 </gallery> PD-USGov Atomic bombing of Nagasaki Sannō-jinja Nagasaki Nagasaki in ruins A-Bombed Trees of Nagasaki | ||||
