Soon after disaster, a year later

Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001167461
  • Registered date
  • 2012/3/08 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2806 × 3671 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.81(MB)*
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