Pictures of Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami March 11, 2011

Here are dozens of pictures taken in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Japan on March 11.  Live updates can be found here.

A crack in the earth:

Cars being swept away in the tsunami afterwards:

A refinery burns:

Fire and devastation:

Water, fire, and chaos:

Tsunami on land:

Smoke shrouds the sky:

Destruction:

A now-sideways highway:

Fires burn:

Coverage on Japanese TV in the immediate aftermath:

A fireball from a refinery lights up the sky:

Tremendous fires break out:

Ominous waves:

A hole opens in the ground:

A tsunami swirls off the coast of Japan:

Cars crushed:

Like toys, cars and planes are strewn together in a pile of debris:

An ominous sky:

Boats in the middle of land:

A house begins to topple, roads crumble:

Flames devour homes:

Day breaks:

Walking through rubble:

An explosion at a nuclear plant:

A car climbs a house:

Panic strips a supermarket bare:

Chaos to the horizon:

The tsunami hits:

Another explosion at Fukushima:

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