Google's Street View shows Japan before and after tsunami

Laptop explorers, prepare to take a sobering visit to Japan. Google has digitally archived the areas of northeastern Japan that were hit hardest by the massive earthquake and devastating tsunami that struck the region in March. The images are available through Street View in Google Maps, but they are more easily accessed via Google's Memories for the Future website, which easily allows you to toggle between before and after images of the same area. Sometimes the difference is minimal. But sometimes, as shown in the before and after image above, the difference is striking. (Los Angeles Times)