
The ruins of Hiroshima, as seen from the air, after the Japanese city was hit with an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. The photo was taken a month later, in September 1945. Photo by Life/George Silk
My Comment: It is amazing how mankind can crawl out of the rubble, and rebuild everything (and more) within a few generations.
For me, the above two photos give me the assurance that even if disaster should befall mankind, the survivors will always rise from the ashes.