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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan.

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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