Ishinomaki #

Photo courtesy of NASA., under PD

The city of Ishinomaki Ishinomaki, Präfektur Miyagi, Japan was one of the hardest hit when a powerful tsunami swept ashore on 21 March 2011. This satellite image is from three days later, when water still inundated the city. Water is dark blue in this false-color image.

Plant-covered land is red, exposed earth is tan, and the city is silver. The most extensive flooding may be seen around Matsushima Air Base (lower left corner) where several airplanes were damaged and where the surrounding neighborhoods are flooded.

Dark blue fills in the spaces between buildings in sections of Ishinomaki near the harbor (image center) and by the river (upper right).