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Hiroshima after the Atomic Bomb (3 of 5) by Harbert F Austin Jr

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360° panoramic photography by Harbert F. Austin Jr.. Visit us to see more amazing panoramas from Japan and thousands of other places in the world.

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Robert Oppenhiemer's contributions to today seem small, but are actually large. He ended World War 2, one of the bloodiest wars ever and if it kept on going, the casualties would pile up. The Japanese officers said that even if the Americans killed off most of the Japanese army, they would not surrender, meaning an even longer war.

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NUKEMAP is a Google Maps mash-up that calculates the effects of the detonation of a nuclear bomb.

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This is where the Manhattan Project was based

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In 2006 I shot our very first spherical aerial panorama, from which the AirPano project started, in the beautiful place of the Colorado and the San Juan rivers confluence (USA):

The result was overwhelming - by looking at the large screen one had a total illusion of flying over the canyon. And so we decided to continue our experiments.

The next attempt was made in 2007 above the island of Manhattan. I remember this photo shoot by one funny detail: there were no headphones for passengers in the helicopter's cabin. I had to shout from the back seat (while trying to overcome the engine roar that was coming from the open door) to let the pilot know where to go. He didn't hear me anyway, so in order to change the shooting position I had to tap on his shoulder and then - after he looked at me - I had to point the direction with my finger where the thumb down meant moving lower. And guess how I showed him to go higher :) It was fun.

After that incident, when hiring a helicopter I always ask: Do you have passenger headphones in the cabin?
And pilots are always surprised: But of course! Is it possible not to have them?
Yes, it is possible,- I answer - In New York :)

Despite of all the difficulties, this photo shoot was accomplished, delivering world's first virtual photo tour above Manhattan.

There were many more flights after this one, and many like-minded people joined AirPano project in the process. As of today we shot around 100 spherical panoramas of the most interesting and beautiful places in all the continents of our planet. Except for Antarctica. We also made virtual photo tours over the world's most beautiful cities.

In 2011 we returned to New York to once again photograph Manhattan: this time making it much better technically and artistically. Enjoy the daytime aerial panoramas of Manhattan now. The evening flight over Manhattan and the large photographic virtual tour will be published in the nearest future.

New York is the most famous city of the USA, and Manhattan is the most famous part of New York. It all started 400 years ago when the most famous and profitable in human history real estate deal was made: the Native Americans sold this 'not so useful' piece of land to Europeans for 24 dollars.

Since that time the island has changed dramatically. For 24 dollars one can probably buy a ticket to the Empire State Building.

Present day Manhattan is the most populated island on Earth. The land itself costs about 40 billion US dollars, and the cost of the entire Manhattan, including its real estate, reaches over 3 trillion US dollars.

This remarkable part of New York City is best to be discovered on foot - not only because of the infamous New York traffic or cost of parking in New York. There is a joke in New York that only wasteful people can afford driving in New York, because the time one spends on finding a parking spot sometimes equals the time it takes to drive from one side of Manhattan to another.

New York is known to be a financial capital of the world, and the island of Manhattan is where all the banks, offices, largest insurance companies and corporations are located - literally one on top of another. Basically the rest of New York, and eventually, the rest of the United States, work for Manhattan, making sure that this gigantic "city inside of the city" continues its mission - processing the wealth of the whole world.

Besides a large number of museums, almost every building in Manhattan has a historical value. Old buildings harmoniously coexist with the best examples of the modern architecture. Most famous New York attractions are located in Manhattan, including Empire State Building mentioned above, Central Park and Times Square. There is also colorful China Town and bright Broadway - they are all located on this island. It is a shame not to bring a photo of Manhattan from your trip to New York!

We also made our modest Manhattan photo album. These panoramas were photographed in the summer of 2011.

Text by Oleg Gaponyuk, photography by Dmitry Moiseenko

17 April 2012

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I have the strong sensation that this panorama was made from many screenshots of google heart view stiched together. I personnaly see some 3D buildings and the lack of atmosphere is also something I noticed.

It's quite well done anyway.

Dear top megacool,
You can try to do something similar using Google. You'll meet some problems. So, fortunately we held copyright for all our panoramas.

I have lived in New York City, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and now Las Vegas. You have made each city clearer and more informative than even a "local" person an do.
Thank you.
Bill

I cried, this brought back so many wonderful memories... There's a small chance I'm actually in one of these panoramas with my girlfriend, somewhere...

What day were the individual panoramas taken, so I can perhaps find myself? Thank you :)

I AM REALY LAKY THAT I WHAS IN N/Y EVEN FOR 8 DAYS
AND WITH YOUR WANDERFUL WORK, I WILL ALWEYS HAVE MY MEMORIES FROM THAT DREAM SITY
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEODOR KIZIRIDIS HELLAS -GREECE

Spectacular! Nice piano accompaniment, as well.
would like to have been able to zoom in further, especially on the Chrysler building and the Empire State building, so that you could see into some of the offices!
Please correct the title on your bridge picture..It is the Brooklyn Bridge!

Many thanks,
David

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I remember this photo shoot by one funny detail: there were no headphones for passengers in the helicopter's cabin. I had to shout from the back seat (while trying to overcome the engine roar that was coming from the open door) to let the pilot know where to go.

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After the Manhattan Project was successful, and Robert regretted his actions, he was banned from secret nuclear research. Earlier, he was a communist supporter. Believing that he was leaking information to the Soviets, the U.S. government banned him. He also had a hard time after the bomb dropped and he heard about how many people had died because of the bomb. He felt that he caused the deaths, and he felt extremely terrible (1st quote).

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After Robert Oppenheimer passed away, he became known as "the Father of the Atomic Bomb" because of his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb. His contributions effect us to this day. He helped us understand the powers of the atom, which powers some of our world today. The use of nuclear technology to create power in nuclear power plants effect us because it powers part of our world.

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Oppenheimer went on to become chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, which, in October 1949, opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb. This shocking opposition led to accusations that Oppenheimer was a Communist supporter. Because of that, in 1953, he was suspended from secret nuclear research, stripped of his security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy announced Oppenheimer would receive the Enrico Fermi Award. After Kennedy's assassination, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the award to him in December of that year. Robert Oppenheimer continued to support international control of atomic energy in his later years. He died of throat cancer on February 18, 1967, in Princeton, New Jersey.

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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
"This is what Oppenheimer said when he heard about the destruction of the bomb(s)"

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

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Oppenhiemers mission was to explore a newly documented fission process involving uranium-235, with which he hoped to make a nuclear bomb before Adolf Hitler could. The project was initially given $6,000 by the U.S. government, but by the time the work culminated in 1945, the amount had grown to $2 billion. That year marked the first test of the bomb, and with its success, two more bombs were deployed in the following month: one in Nagasaki, Japan, and the other in Hiroshima. These actions essentially ended WWII.

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Early Adulthood; Manhattan Project Synopsis

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Early Adulthood; Manhattan Project Synopsis

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Oppenheimer agreed with Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard that the Nazis could develop a nuclear weapon. Because of the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Oppenheimer was selected to administer a laboratory to carry out the Manhattan Project, a U.S. Army experiment aimed at harnessing atomic energy for military purposes. He led the scientific end of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, beginning in 1942.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer was born on April 22, 1904, in New York City, to Jewish immigrants, Ella Friedman and Julius Oppenheimer. After graduating from Harvard University, Oppenheimer went to England and attended at the University of Cambridge, where he began his atomic research at the Cavendish Laboratory in 1925.