These are the awe inspiring photographs from Japan the day of the earthquakes and tsunami, then partial cleanup, and finally what it looks like just 6 months after (today).

I recommend you click on and look through the entire gallery to see how well this country has bounced back after just a terrible event.  Over 20,000 people are either dead or missing.  800,000 home were either fully or partially destroyed and displaced over 400,000.  Wow, wow, wow.

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