The heat rays of the atomic bomb mercilessly attacked the skin of the people who wore few clothes in the hot summer. The fierceness of the burns was beyond imagination.
The degree of the burns differed with the distance from the hypocenter, but particularly in severe cases, the burned skin became tattered, and peeled off by itself revealing the subcutaneous tissues and bones.
The characteristic of the burns from the heat rays is that only the skin facing the hypocenter and catching the direct heat rays were affected. Even if they faced the hypocenter, those who wore a hat would only escape the burn on the part of the head that was covered by the hat. In addition, the degree of burns differed with the color of clothes they wore. White clothes reflected back the heat rays, but on the contrary, black clothes caused deeper burns.
