A panorama view from inside the ruined Notre-Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

[onehandle]

Msgr. Joseph Serge Miot, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, was killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/haiti-panoramas.html?src=tp

[rd_kent]

1. No worries, I'm sure the Vatican will donate some of those Billions they have to rebuild it..

or will they make the poor people of haiti pay for it by making it a duty to god........

[ananda]

2. Very powerful image, the cathedral open to the sky and all of nature.

It reminds me of Tarkovsky's open cathedral, looking
one way from inside and a whole other way from above,
like a prayer to the whole universe of nature.

[Warpy]

3. There was a lot of rebar in that place

which really puts things into perspective as far as building codes go. Rebar wouldn't have saved many houses but it might have given people inside them just enough time to get out.

Mother Rome should do the right thing, clear out the debris and create a memorial to the dead surrounded by the old walls of that cathedral.

Oh, right...

[DesertRat]

4. Too bad there wasn't enough rebar

to save Msgr. Miot.