Saturday, March 12, 2011

50 Stunning Pictures Of The Japan Earthquake And Tsunami

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A small boat gets stuck in a tsunami whirlpool.

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A person on the third floor of a Japanese airport photographs damage and debris.

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An explosion at an oil refinery after the earthquake.

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Cars and other debris swept away by tsunami tidal waves are seen in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.

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Residents look at a massive crack in the ground.

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Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts after he feels the earthquake during a committee meeting in parliament in Tokyo.

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Houses are swept by a tsunami in Natori City.

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A tsunami carries buildings across waters in Kamaishi city port.

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Houses swallowed by the tsunami burn in Sendai, Miyagi.

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People watch the aftermath of the tsunami tides from a bridge.

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Waves of tsunami topple trees.

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Light planes and vehicles mashed together.

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Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.

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Ships and boats are washed ashore in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefectur, Japan.

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A close-up of the last picture.

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Houses are swept out to burn at sea.

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The tsunami goes over an inter-coastal canal.

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Sludge from the tsunami creeps inland.

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Two men look at smoke rising over the Tokyo skyline after the earthquake struck.

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Cars collide with storage crates.

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Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito City.

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Collapsed tombstones on a hill in Kure, Japan.

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Oarai town submerged in water and debris.

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A man wades through a flooded street.

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Fire smokes billow from residences.

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Parts of a beer factory's facilities are collapsed as the employees gather on the rooftops.

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Residents walk through rubble.

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A wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture on the north east coast of Japan.

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Smokes rise from houses in Soma, Fukushima, northern Japan.

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A tsunami surge carrying debris sweeps between houses to reach poly tunnels on farmland near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Japan.

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A tsunami surge throws boats against a building in Hachinoche, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

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A tsunami surge sweeps boats, cars and other debris over a highway in the Sendai City area.

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Water surrounds the airport building at Sendai Airport.

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Houses, cars and debris are swept towards a highway.

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A wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture.

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A wave from the tsunami sweeps boats inland.

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Boats are swept by a wave after a tsunami and earthquake in Asahikawa city.

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Cars are washed away in a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture Japan.

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Sendai Airport.

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A boat is caught in a tsunami whirlpool.

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People at a book store react as the store's ceiling falls.

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A collapsed pedestrian road.

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This sidewalk used to be level.

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A whirlpool swirls offshore.

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Sendai Airport.

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Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan

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Vehicles ready for shipping are carried away by a tsunami tidal wave.

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Tsunami tidal waves are seen moving upstream the Naka river.

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The oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City.

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A car gets swept away by the tsunami tides.

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