It’s been 67 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed between 60,000 and 80,000 people, according to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. The bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945, just three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This picture was taken 6 weeks after the city was destroyed. Photo: Cpl. Lynn …Continue Reading
The ship is sinking, but the crew remains calm and quiet. Actually, what you see on the picture is the Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP), a unique research vessel designed to pitch backward 90 degrees, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary. Photo: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
This Sunday marks the first anniversary of Japan’s devastating tsunami. A year later the country still struggles to recover from the disaster. Here we include a video in which you can see how things were right after the tsunami and how they look now. Photos: Wikimedia Commons/Flickr
