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In the millionth part of a second, a new sun flamed in the sky, a glaring white light.

A hundred times brighter than the heavenly sun.

And this ball of fire radiated several million degrees of heat on to the city of Hiroshima.

At that moment 86,100 people were burned to death.

At that moment 72,000 people were severely injured.

At that moment 6,820 houses were blown to pieces, and the vacuum thus created sucked them several miles into the air as particles of dust.

At that moment, too, 3,750 buildings collapsed, and the ruins began to burn.

At that moment deadly neutrons and gamma-rays bombarded the site of the explosion over an area of three-quarters of a mile.

At that moment man, made in God's image, had used his powers of scientific invention to make his first attempt to destory himself.

The attempt succeeded.