One rainy night eight years ago, in Watertown, Massachusetts, a man was taking his dog for a walk. On the curb, in front of a neighbor’s house, he spotted a pile of trash: old mattresses, cardboard boxes, a few broken lamps. Amidst the garbage he caught sight of a battered suitcase. He bent down, turned the case on its side and popped the clasps. He was surprised to discover that the suitcase was full of black-and-white photographs. He was even more astonished by their subject matter: devastated buildings, twisted girders, broken bridges — snapshots from an annihilated city. He quickly closed the case and made his way back home. At the kitchen table, he looked through the photographs again and confirmed what he had suspected. He was looking at something he had never seen before: the effects of the first use of the Atomic bomb. The man was looking at Hiroshima. In a dispassionate and scientific style, the seven hundred and one photographs inside the suitcase catalogued a city seared by a new form of warfare - Cee Bee

Makes me sad. Why anyone would throw that away though... I'm glad the man saved it. - Yolanda

Wonder how many suitcases went unsaved. - Yuvi

I've posted the one photo out of the lot which is creepy as crap. The article says there's 701 photos. Where are they all? Higher res too please! - Will Higgins™

wow! I was too sad to go see the museum at Hiroshima while visiting the area. Someone told me there are body forms vaporized on a piece of sidewalk. Could not imagine the horror. chills - Janet