Sunday, April 17, 2011

Abandoned : Inside the evacuation zone in Japan

In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, Japanese police wearing protective radiation suits search for the bodies of victims of the tsunami in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, slippers are left in the entrance of a building in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a cat sits in the window of a damaged building in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a curtain hangs down from the shattered window of an earthquake damaged abandoned restaurant in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, Japanese police wearing protective radiation suits carry the body of a victim of the tsunami from a rice paddy in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a covered car sits in a garage where it was left behind in Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a deserted street runs through the center of the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, an abandoned car lot remains in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a dead pig lies next to a flooded road in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.

In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, bicycles are left at the Odaka train station in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.

In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a police roadblock is set up on an entry road to the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a stray dog looks back at the ruins of a tsunami-destroyed neighborhood in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, uncollected garbage sits on a corner in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, chairs are left behind and roof tiles from a collapsed building litter the street in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a photo album sits in the mud in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a dead carp lies in the rubble of a tsunami destroyed part of the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a tsunami-wrecked supermarket is left abandoned in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a Japanese soldier wearing a protective radiation suit looks out from the back of a military truck on a road in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, abandoned dogs roam an empty street in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, a Japanese policeman a wearing a protective radiation suit wades through a canal as he searches for the bodies of victims of the tsunami in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, footsteps leading away form an abandoned vehicle are seen in the mud in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, footprints are left in the dried mud of a street of the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a funeral car is left in a garage in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.
In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, dried mud from the tsunami is caked on the sidewalk and windows of an abandoned shop in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.

In this Friday April 8, 2011 photo, a calender showing the March 11, 2011 date of the earthquake and tsunami hangs on the wall of a room in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.

In this Thursday April 7, 2011 photo, Japanese police wearing protective radiation suits search for the bodies of victims of the tsunami in the Odaka area of Minamisoma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established for the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors.


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