On August 9th, 1945, the city of Nagasaki ceased to exist. On the 11th of August, photograher Yosuke Yamahata took this picture close to the blast's epicenter. The entire city had been pulverized - and the little that remained was still smoldering. The background in the photo was near the center of the explosion - where everything had been turned to powder. In the foreground can be seen the burnt and radioactive remains of one of the city's unfortunate inhabitants.

Like snapshots from the end of the world, Yamahata's pictures are compiled into an astounding book, titled Nagasaki Journey.