UPDATE: March 11, 2012
-- This collection of satellite images was originally produced on March 14, 2011, days after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan. The known death toll came to 15,848 with 3,305 missing. The tsunami also inundated the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant causing a series of failures that led to the world's largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. The above photos show Yuriage in Natori (top); and Yagawahama (bottom) -- both are in Miyagi prefecture.
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Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
Image taken in 2004.
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant
Image from March 12, 2011 (before outer shell collapse).
Industrial Site Just South of Fukushima I Power Plant
Image taken in 2004.
Industrial Site Just South of Fukushima I Power Plant
Image from March 12, 2011.
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Village Two Miles South of Fukushima I Power Plant
Image taken in 2004.
Village Two Miles South of Fukushima I Power Plant
Image from March 12, 2011.
Fukushima II Power Plant
Image taken in 2004. Fukushima II Power Plant is located about 7 miles south of the Fukushima I Power Plant.
Fukushima II Power Plant
Image from March 12, 2011.
Tomioka in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture
Image taken in 2004.
Tomioka in Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture
Image from March 12, 2011.
Central Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture
Image taken in 2003.
Central Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture
Image from March 12, 2011.
Ishinomaki
Image taken in 2002.
Ishinomaki
Image from March 12, 2011.
Iwaki Onahama
Image taken in 2005.
Iwaki Onahama
Image from March 12, 2011.
Iwaki Ueda
Image taken in 2005.
Iwaki Ueda
Image from March 12, 2011.
Minamisoma Haranomachi
Image taken in 2003.
Minamisoma Haranomachi
Image from March 12, 2011.
Minamisoma Kashima
Image taken in 2006.
Minamisoma Kashima
Image from March 12, 2011.
Minamisoma Kashimaku
Image taken in 2003.
Minamisoma Kashimaku
Image from March 12, 2011.
Oshika Peninsula Iigohama
Image taken in 2007.
Oshika Peninsula Iigohama
Image from March 12, 2011.
Oshika Peninsula Yagawahama
Image taken in 2007.
Oshika Peninsula Yagawahama
Image from March 12, 2011.
Sendai Airport
Image taken in 2003.
Sendai Airport
Image from March 12, 2011.
Sendai Arahama
Image taken in 2008.
Sendai Arahama
Image from March 12, 2011.
Sendai Fujitsuka
Image taken in 2008.
Sendai Fujitsuka
Image from March 12, 2011.
Sendai Terashima
Image taken in 2003.
Sendai Terashima
Image from March 12, 2011.
Sendai Yamoto
Image taken in 2004.
Sendai Yamoto
Image from March 12, 2011.
Sendai Yuriage
Image taken in 2008.
Sendai Yuriage
Image from March 12, 2011.
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