1 month since disaster

1 month since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken April 10, 2011, shows Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, about a month after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami on March 11. A sightseeing boat remained left atop a building.

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  • ILEA001158421
  • Registered date
  • 2011/4/10 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2011 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 2445 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.73(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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