24 previously unseen photographs of the tsunami that struck Japan’s northern coast on March 11, 2011. The following images are in no particular order of the events. Some of the images show the tsunami in-progress as houses and other debris floated by, some of the images show the harbor draining after the initial tsunami wave. The water was pulled back to the sea and the harbor floor was literally exposed. Major gas explosions happened across the harbor from my location as shown by the raging out-of-control fires. A large ferry was sit down on top of a large multi-story building, some of my images actually show this in-progress, the “Otsuchi Ferry” has become an iconic image of the March 11th tsunami.

I was trapped on a hill that overlooked the coast during the night. Several attempts were made to rescue a woman that was floating in the harbor, however the rescue attempts were all unsuccessful. One of the images shows the debris floating in the harbor at night, it was taken at about 2:30 A.M. Other images show the massive piles of debris, overturned ships and demolished homes that our group had to trek through and over in order to escape the tsunami damage area on March 12th. (Note: Most of the aftermath photos were taken 3.12.2011 despite the “March 11th, 2011″ watermark on the images.)

Tags: tsunami japan