The Japanese multicopter firm HEXaMedia recently released an eery compilation of footage from the empty city. And while not all of the shots are from a drone in flight, the expansive panoramas from above are nothing short of arresting. From rusty, grass-eaten playgrounds to an entire ship run aground by the devastating tsunami, you’ll have a hard time looking away from the starkly silent images. Only the wind blowing through the cherry blossom trees makes a sound.
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A nuclear power plant in Byron, Illinois. Taken by photographer Joseph Pobereskin (http://pobereskin.com).
The artwork in the header, titled "JAPAN:Nuclear Power Plant," is copyright artist Tomiyama Taeko.
The photograph in the sidebar, of a nuclear power plant in Byron, Illinois, is copyright photographer Joseph Pobereskin (http://pobereskin.com/)
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