Seawall sluice gate, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

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Sluice gate in a seawall along the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. On 11th March 2011 a magnitude earthquake 130 kilometres off this coast caused a devastating tsunami. The tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, leading to the meltdown of three of the nuclear reactors and a leak of radioactive material. Photographed in March 2020.

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Photo credit: © ANDY CRUMP/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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