SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agoA highway in Japan after the M7.3 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. January 17, 1995.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down10
arrow-up1262arrow-down1imageA highway in Japan after the M7.3 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. January 17, 1995.lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareinsufferableninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoIs this picture taken at an angle or is it a straight picture of the highway at an angle??
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·4 months agoThe buildings on the right side of the picture are upright. This highway must’ve been on pillars and fell sideways. Edit: here is a pic from a different angle:
minus-squareHarkMahlberg@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoWhat’s crazy is how long the toppled highway keeps its shape and direction, it just goes all the way to the horizon. Squinting at the thumbnail I thought I was looking at the wall of a brutalist building.
minus-squareNightFantom@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoThat explains why it looks so clean, thanks!
Is this picture taken at an angle or is it a straight picture of the highway at an angle??
The buildings on the right side of the picture are upright.
This highway must’ve been on pillars and fell sideways.
Edit: here is a pic from a different angle:
What’s crazy is how long the toppled highway keeps its shape and direction, it just goes all the way to the horizon. Squinting at the thumbnail I thought I was looking at the wall of a brutalist building.
That explains why it looks so clean, thanks!