Camera on balloon to take pictures of disaster areas

Camera on balloon to take pictures of disaster areas

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Yoichi Suzuki (R) and his wife Fumie fly a balloon carrying a digital camera to take pictures of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, from above on June 8, 2011. They take such pictures in areas hit by the March quake and tsunami and release the images on the Internet.

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