3.11, one year on: visuals
The scale of the disaster in Japan is hard to grasp, but these visuals and infographics let us focus on details and get a panoramic look at the reality of the quake, tsunami and nuclear release.
Earthquake and tsunami
How Shifting Plates Caused the Japan Earthquake - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.comIn order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here. Source: NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacif...- Animated graphic showing just how enormous the 3/11 earthquake was. The main temblor hits at 1.40.
- This NOAA animation shows the path of the tsunami.
Radiation
- This xkcd.com infographic puts radiation in perspective.
- This interactive feature compares radiation levels:
Radiation Levels Visualized Side-By-Side (INTERACTIVE)Inspired by the radiation levels graphic at XKCD, the Huffington Post created our own interactive visualization comparing radiation level...Social media
How Fukushima's Radioactive Cloud influenced Social Networks globallyThe infographic above clearly shows the disaster timeline, spread of the radioactive cloud and social network activity between the initia...Before and after pictures
Then and Now: The 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in JapanThen and Now: The 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Japan tsunami pictures: before and afterIn this first of three Big Picture posts on the anniversary of the Japan earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster, we have a series of paired ...- Satellite photos taken on March 12 began to show the enormity of the destruction.
Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After TsunamiMove the slider to compare satellite images, taken by GeoEye/EyeQ, from before and after the disaster.
Japanese Tsunami Anniversary Photographs by James Nachtwey | LightBox | TIME.comA year ago, it was hard to know what to expect. The three disasters that blindsided Japan on March 11, 2011-a 9.0 earthquake, a massive t...
