These panoramic images were both made in Otsuchi by MSN Japan. Above, a sightseeing ship sits atop a building 12 days after the devastating tsunami of March 11, 2011. Below, a year later, the ship and other debris is gone.
Here's another recent panorama from Japan, a year after the tsunami:
Flights are set to resume at the Sendai airport
Below, see more panoramic images produced shortly after the tsunami:
- Inside the passenger terminal of the airport in Sendai, Japan
- Exterior of Sendai Airport
- A Statue of Liberty stands above tsunami wreckage
- Destruction in the interior of Ohkawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City, Japan
- Sightseeing ship atop house in Otsuchi, Japan
- Grounded cargo ship in Kamaishi port, Japan
- Tokyo dims the lights because of nationwide electrical shortages
- Schools become makeshift relief centers in tsunami damaged Minamisanriku, Japan
- Destruction in Kesennuma, Japan
- Damage in Natori, Japan
- Damage in Kesennuma, Japan
