Flash burn is any burn injury caused by intense flashes of light, high voltage electric current,[1] or strong thermal radiation.
[2] These may originate from, for example, a sufficiently large BLEVE, a thermobaric weapon explosion or a nuclear blast of sufficient magnitude.
Damage to the eye(s) caused by ultraviolet rays is known as photokeratitis.
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A man who was present at
Nagasaki
on August 9, 1945, during the dropping of the 20 kiloton
Fat Man
bomb, this photo displays that 1st and
2nd degree burn
injuries he experienced on his unclothed skin, the shoulder and arm, while the thin
vest
garment of clothing that he was wearing at the time of the explosion completely protected his stomach and lower chest from experiencing similar burns. A clearer
color restored version
of this picture is also available.
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