Otsuchi being hit by tsunami, afterward

MORIOKA, Japan - Top photo shows the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, being hit by an estimated 15-meter or higher tsunami at 3:22 p.m. on March 11, 2011, taken by a local housewife Miyoko Sasaki, 50, using a cellphone. Her husband took the photo below on March 29, 2011, facing the same direction. (Photo courtesy of Miyoko Sasaki)(Kyodo)

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