Japan Earthquake 2011

Japan Earthquake

This photograph is in Japan, Miyagi prefecture on Friday March 11, 2011 after a massive magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan. The photo showed water flooding the people’s homeland. The area was destroyed after being attacked by a ten meter high tsunami that was caused by the earthquake. Besides people’s home, ships and cars were carried by the humongous wave to the streets of coastal towns (Japan). The earthquake was the strongest ever to hit the country since the 1800s, killing 14,300 people (Powerful). 

In the photograph the monstrous tsunami caused by the earthquake had washed the entire costal town in Miyagi prefecture. The people also had their back turned to the viewer which created an effect of making the viewer look at their homelands from their perspective, getting viewers involved in the cruel scene. Houses and buildings were destroyed and smoke can be seen. The scene again reflected on the power of nature. Men do not have enough power to stop disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes caused by nature because it is way too powerful. From the photograph, homelands were destroyed, the entire prefecture was swallowed by the tsunami. People were shown to be powerless; they could not do anything but to wait for help. 

Natural disasters are impossible to avoid and prevent with the power of men. The nature does not show mercy as it will take any innocents' life away as their lives are nature's hands.