Before and after photos in Japan

[suffragette]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:00pm AEDT

Aerial photos taken over Japan have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

Hover over each satellite photo to view the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami.

[rufus dog]

1. thanks

seems like a strange thing to do, but thanks for the information.

[Tumbulu]

2. so so sad (nt)

[chill_wind]

3. Horrendous. Almost impossible to take in :-(

[suffragette]

7. Everything you know swept away

It is nearly impossible to take it all in.

:hug:

[joshcryer]

4. Oh my god, so tragic. :( I knew it was bad...

...but this just reminds me of the images I saw that day.

[suffragette]

8. .

:hug:

[joshcryer]

5. Arahama = gone

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Well at least the airport is usable

and that is critical for logistics reasons

[suffragette]

9. Good point

That will be important to have available.

[hlthe2b]

10. My heavens.. that is absolutely incredible and depressing...

[suffragette]

12. I debated on posting it

but this shows so powerfully the difference between the area they lived in and what has happened to it that I decided to post.

[Twinguard]

15. Exactly my thought.

It's totally fascinating to see the juxtaposition, but my heart breaks for all of the people affected by this catastrophe.

[rufus dog]

11. A DUer posted some pictures of Sendai earlier

Some pictures from Google Images, looked to be an absolutely beautiful city.

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&sugexp=gsih&xhr=t&q=sendai&cp=3&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1138&bih=544

[suffragette]

13. It does look beautiful in those pics

It's hard to comprehend the immensity of the change there.

[auntsue]

14. amazing images, hard to process the destruction

but it helps grow empathy for the loss of humanity and the difficult times to come.

[suffragette]

18. Agree with you on this

Such an enormous contrast to the places before and now.

People must be feeling immense dislocation just looking around at a landscape and cities they no longer recognize.

[Skip Intro]

16. It defies, I can't even believe it. Just beyond words.

[FogerRox]

17. Stunning - thanks- good find.

[suffragette]

21. Hey, haven't seen you for awhile

And yeah, these are completely stunning.

[progressoid]

19. .

k/r :cry:

[G_j]

20. wow

kick