Japan Earthquake: Before - After (Nikos)

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This combination of pictures shows the view of a tsunami hit area of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 (right side) and the same scene as it appears on January 15, 2012 (left side). March 11, 2012 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummeled Japan. Click to continue

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This combination of pictures shows the view of a tsunami hit area of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 (right side) and the same scene as it appears on January 15, 2012 (left side). March 11, 2012 will

mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummeled Japan.

Click to continue

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A private plane, cars and debris outside Sendai Airport in Natori, Miyagi prefecture on March 13, 2011, two days after a tsunami hit the region on March 11, 2011

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and the same area on January 12, 2012

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Damage caused by the March 11, 2011 tsunami seen from a hill overlooking the city of Kesennuma on March 16, 2011,

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and the same area on January 14, 2012

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A pair of photographs shows the same location in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on

two different dates, March 11, 2011,

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and February 17, 2012

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A pair of scenes from Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011,

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and February 17, 2012

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A fishing boat lies among the tsunami rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture on March 31, 2011,

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the same area visible on January 16, 2012

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A boat washed on to a street by the March 11 tsunami in Ishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011,

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and the same area on January 13, 2012

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A view of a tsunami hit area of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011, and as the scene

appears on January 15, 2012

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and as the scene appears on January 15, 2012

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The scene above a fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on two different dates, March 11, 2011,

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and February 17, 2012

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A tsunami strikes a fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011,

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the same scene visible on February 16, 2012

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A ship called Asia Sympathy, run aground by the March 11 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture,

on March 18, 2011,

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and the same area on January 16, 2012

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Tsunami waves overflow a barrier in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011,

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the same scene visible on February 17, 2012

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A sightseeing boat washed ashore by the tsunami onto a two-story home in Otsuchi, Iwate

prefecture on April 16, 2011,

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and the same area on January 16, 2012

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A massive wave inundates part of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011,

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and the same scene, shown on February 17, 2012

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Residents cross a bridge covered with debris in a tsunami hit area of the city of Ishinomaki in

Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011,

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the same area visible on January 13, 2012

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The tsunami breaches flood barriers in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011,

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the same view seen on February 17, 2012

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The tsunami breaches flood barriers in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011,

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the same view seen on February 17, 2012

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Flooding in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011,

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and seen later, on February 17, 2012

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A tsunami-hit street in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, on March 14, 2011,

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and a year later, on January 15, 2012

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Flooding crests on a bridge in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011,

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the same scene shown on February 17, 2012

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