Aerial before and after picture of Japan EQ/tsumani effects

Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:00pm AEDT

Aerial photos taken over Japan have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

Hover over each satellite photo to view the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunam


[link to www.abc.net.au]

The devastation is horrible. I just wonder why these images are so readily available -- which is good -- however, when Katrina hit and the gulf spill occurred - you'd be lucky to get an aerial picture of anything! Who controls this? Google?