A satellite photo of Sendai before the 10 metre tsunami devastated the area.
The same area after the tsunami swept through.
Sendai airport, before the tsunami.
Almost completely submerged after the disaster.
The same stretch of coast line after being inundated by the tsunami.
The pristine farmland of the Sendai coastline.
After the ten metre wave destroyed the area.
The Fukushima nuclear plant, situated directly on the Japanese coast.
The plant copped the full brunt of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami,
leading to a nuclear emergency. Photo by Reuters
Kesennuma City in northeastern Japan.
Kesennuma City stripped bare after the tsunami.
Matsushima Airport and surrounding area
before and after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Iwanuma-Matsushima area before and after the disaster.
The city of Soma and surrounding area.
The Sendai area, before and after.
Sendai airport, flooded after the tsunami.
Another image of Sendai airport,
after it was almost completely submerged by the tsunami.
Fukushima nuclear plant
after being hammered by the 9.0 earthquake and ten metre tsunami.
In this image from NASA,
dark smoke hangs over the northeastern part of China.
Photo by Getty Images
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