Japan: Before and After
These images aren't about disaster porn -- they are taken from too far a remove, first of all -- but rather, they show the scope of the devastation from last week's earthquake and tsunami in Japan in stunning before-and-after contrast.These images aren’t about disaster porn — they are taken from too far a remove, first of all — but rather, they show the scope of the devastation from last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan in stunning before-and-after contrast. –KA
Click here to see the satellite photos via The New York Times.
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