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...half-day and full-day whale-watching tours, with expert commentary and refreshments, offered by an armada of boats throughout the season. Humpbacks are surprisingly agile for their size (the average adult is longer than 13 m and weighs about 30 tons), so expect to see lots of blowing, tail slapping and breaching. Australia's cuddly koalas and kangaroos usually hog the tourist limelight, but this is one time of the year when native wildlife just can't compete. For more information, visit herveybaytourism.com.au...
...ENOLA GAY The bomb was carried by a B-29 Superfortress stripped of all armament but the tail gun. The day before the mission, pilot Tibbets named the plane after his mother...
Staff Sergeant George Caron Tail gunner...
...Little Boy" worked much like firing a gun. A small explosive propelled a uranium "bullet" down a 6-ft. (1.8-m) barrel into a uranium core, triggering nuclear fission. The bomb never hit the ground. To maximize the damage, a radar proximity fuse in the tail detonated the bomb 1,900 ft. (580 m) above Hiroshima...
AFTERMATH The mushroom cloud over the city eventually rose about 8 miles (13 km). The Enola Gay's tail gunner could still see it when the plane was 350 miles (560 km) away...