What was the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing?

The answer

On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb 'Little Boy' detonated 580 meters above Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing approximately 80,000 people and eventually claiming 140,000 lives by year's end from burns, radiation sickness, and injuries. The thermal flash was so intense it bleached concrete and left permanent 'nuclear shadows' - silhouettes of vaporized people and objects etched into walls and streets. The bombing, along with the Nagasaki bomb three days later, led to Japan's surrender and the beginning of the nuclear age.