July 13th 2025

Searching through more images of the impact zone I came across one that hit me harder than any other. The effect is called Atomic Shadowing. It's a term used to describe the shadows left burnt into a surface from objects caught in the light of a powerful explosion. In this case, it was caused by the impact of the antimatter warhead that left behind this eerie frozen moment. The image depicts the shadow of a small boy with his hands flung into the air, hire up a thrown ball and on the opposite side a girl ready to catch a ball that never fell down.