Ahead of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Ahead of March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken Dec. 24, 2020, shows the "Miracle Pine" monument in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan. The Iwate Prefecture city preserved the only tree that was still standing following the deadly tsunami of March 2011 as a monument for future generations after it died in 2012 due to severe damage from salt water.

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