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Effects of the Tohoku Tsunami on the Kitakami River

One year after the tsunami, the landscape near the mouth of the Kitakami river remains irrevocably altered.


NASA images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using ALI data from the EO-1 team, and data from the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published March 11, 2012
Data acquired February 21, 2012

Sources:
EO-1 > ALI
Terra > ASTER