Chile Earthquake Aerial Pictures

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A fishing boat lies aground in the city of Talcahuano on March 6, 2010, after the craft was tossed inland by tsunamis spawned by the giant February 27 Chile earthquake (map of Chile).
The coastal city was one of the hardest hit following the magnitude 8.8 earthquake, which killed 497 people—downgraded from an original estimate in the 800s—and destroyed at least 500,000 homes, the Associated Press reported. (See more Chile earthquake pictures.)
Professional nature photographer Nicolás Piwonka took this picture out of the window of a small plane as part of a project to document damage caused by the Chile earthquake and resulting tsunami waves.



Like a set of falling dominoes, sections of a major bridge collapsed into the Tubul River near the tiny seaside fishing village of Tubul following the February 27 earthquake in Chile. Photographer Nicolás Piwonka captured the scene from a small plane on March 6, 2010.



Like jumbled pieces of chalk, empty shipping containers picked up by tsunami waves lie in the devastated town of Talcahuano, Chile, on March 6, 2010.

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[ParkieDem]

1. That bridge picture is great.

I'm no engineer or architect, but was it designed to collapse that way? From the air, it just looks like it might be easier to repair in the state that it's in.

My brother spent quite a bit of time in Santiago, and he was impressed with the earthquake-resistant standards that Chile has for its buildings. It was surprisingly (to him) a very modern place.