Aerial view of the tsunami disaster
Aerial view of the tsunami disaster
Aerial view of the tsunami disaster: taken in March 2011 by the German TerraSAR-X Earth-observation satellite, this radar image illustrates the impact of the tsunami on the east coast of Japan. The image shows the Higashi-Matsushima airport and the port of Ishinomaki in the Sendai prefecture. Areas marked blue have been flooded while regions where the infrastructure has been destroyed are magenta-coloured.
