Last night, I was watching the National Geographic Channel saw for the first time "Witness: Japan's Disaster." The video above is I saw.
The program was on the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunami and Fukushima nuclear meltdown. I have seen footage of the disaster before, but this presentation was absolutely stunning.
According to the National Geographic Channel:
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck 75 miles off the eastern coast of Japan. Almost immediately, tsunami warnings blared, urging residents along Japan's coast to quickly move to higher ground. For the next several hours, residents watched in stunned horror as a series of massive waves slammed into the coast, inundating entire towns and sweeping across the countryside, laying waste to everything in its path. Throughout, amateur videographers, news crews, government agencies, tourists, and countless others were recording the sights and sounds of the unfolding catastrophe. Weaving together their footage, Witness: Japan's Disaster reconstructs the earthquake and tsunami as they happened, entirely through the eyes of those who experienced them.
The video shots of the tsunami were amazing. One aerial shot in particular was left a major impression. It showed the tsunami rolling into a coastal town, washing away buildings, cars and farmland. But from the perspective from the air, it look like it rolled in at slow motion.
When the National Geographic Channel replays the show, I recommend watching it.
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