PHOTO of the DAY (JAPAN) *Hiroshima

[AsahinaKimi]

Paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Saturday night.

Bonus Photos

Children in Kimono pray at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima



Kazue Sasaki, left, who lost her mother in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, clasps her hands in prayer in front of a cenotaph for victims of the nuclear attack at the city's Peace Memorial Park in the predawn hours of Aug. 6, 2011 -- the 66th anniversary of the bombing. Sasaki, 80, offers a prayer for the victims on the bombing anniversary every year. (Mainichi)



The Japanese character for "life" is projected onto the surface of the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome, top, in Naka Ward, Hiroshima, on Aug. 5, 2011 -- the day before the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. (Mainichi)



"Mushroom cloud: That the first and only country to be atom-bombed and the first and only country to use the atomic bomb as a weapon of war embraced as friends almost immediately afterwards is one of the world's great miracles of international relations."~MICHAEL HOFFMAN/Japan Times*

*story here:http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110731x1.html

[Omaha Steve]

1. A moment of silence...beautiful

K&R!

[Confusious]

2. They had to lose a terrible war

and millions of people had to die for them to learn to give up militarism.

I wonder if the United States will have to do the same?

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Does seem crazy ...

That we would end up with the militarism, and the far right wingers too! Its as though the world flipped over and now the North pole is Antarctica.

[malaise]

4. Man to man is so unjust

:cry:

[emilyg]

5. Beautiful. Sad.

[Whisp]

6. rec'd and cried.

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. k&r

[Scurrilous]

8. Thanks.

:thumbsup: