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Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami
New York Times, By ALAN McLEAN, MATTHEW ERICSON and ARCHIE TSE
March 13, 2011

To grasp the calamity that struck Japan, look at those satellite images. This isn't an article, so much as its a perfect web-page snapshot of how powerful the Earth is. Move the slider on the images all the way to the right and then to the left. Simply unreal.

Wow. It's sad seeing all the standing water in areas. It's like a nuclear bomb went off. And, let's all pray there isn't a complete meltdown. It'll be a long time before Japan can rebuild. At least fifty/hundred years for things to be completely normal. In ten years things will be rebuilt/rebuilding, but for Japan to get all of it's tech back? That'll take a long time, and for the paranoia and nervousness to wear off, that's what's going to take so long. Also, who knows how much radiation is going to get released. Oh, dear God, let everyone who has passed rest peacefully.

I hope everybody on YWS is alright.

I don't even know if it was worth posting. These words are nothing compared to how much pain and devastation has happened. Pray and hope for the best.

What a horrible, shocking tragedy. My heart sincerely goes out to them. Watching all the devastation on the news is just heartbreaking, seeing the water flow over the fields and sweeping everything away.

Yes, let's pray, pray for them...