Amazing earthquake picture

[Liberal_in_LA]

Huge quake hits Chile; tsunami threatens Pacific
By ROBERTO CANDIA and EVA VERGARA, Associated Press Writer

Saturday, February 27, 2010

(02-27) 11:42 PST TALCA, Chile (AP) --

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe


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[FedUpWithIt All]

1. Is that a building lying on it's side?

Damn.

[Posteritatis]

3. A surprisingly intact-looking one (such as it can be), too

That probably saved its share of lives, as opposed to if it just went flat.

[tridim]

7. Those white things on the top threw me too..

They look like tents on the roof. Maybe gardens?

[Wednesdays]

8. I think those are balconies

It appears that the top of the building is closest to the camera, and it's as if we're looking it from above.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Wow!

Looks like some giant hands just grabbed the building, and broke it in half.

:scared:

[crew doyle]

4. Puny human artifacts are no match for natural forces.

What's surprising is that that still surprises some of us.

[hlthe2b]

5. So much damage & tragedy...I am warmed by the dog with the woman

May he bring some comfort to the woman.

[hunter]

6. Wow. That building looks like a broken ship.

The ground beneath it must have gone liquid.

[applegrove]

9. Vibes to all those affected.