Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan

Taken on March 12, 2011, this stereoscopic image reveals the height of a plume of smoke rising from the Port of Sendai in the wake of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11.

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Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team. Caption from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Photojournal.

Published March 13, 2011
Data acquired March 12, 2011

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