Christchurch as the quake hits
A reader sent in this photo, taken by a tourist, of Christchurch as the quake hit. Amazing.
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March 25th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
The exact second death came a visiting. You can almost see the souls rising up. I’ll never forget it.
March 25th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
It was published round the world — and in New Zealand — soon after the quake!
[DPF: Oh I never saw it before. Trouble with so many news sources]
March 25th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I hadn’t seen it either. A very powerful image.
March 25th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
DPF, I think you’ve been had. The photo shows dust has risen from the city higher than its tallest building. For the dust to have gotten that high, it would have been some time after the quake. That implies the photo wasn’t taken by a tourist at the moment of the quake, but some time after by someone who thought the view pretty incredible. They were right, too! It’s a pretty stunning pic. You gotta feel for all the Chchers.
March 25th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
It must have been at least a few seconds after the shaking – dust wouldn’t instantly leap hundreds of feet into the air, surely…
And I would have to add that on a good night Christchurch looks spectacular from that viewpoint even without an earthquake:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3685210477_4048a0ddc8.jpg
Quite unlike anywhere else in New Zealand. Get well soon, Christchurch!
March 25th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Just Google “photo of dust rising over Christchurch after quake” and you get scores of the same one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359865/New-Zealand-earthquake-The-moment-Christchurch-shook-pieces.html
It’s rather unclear where the photo came from though. I can’t quickly find any attribution, in any media, which is curious.
March 25th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
That is really weird. The image posted today is a version of this image that HAS been published all over the internets:
http://www.thelittleredgallery.co.nz/news/images/ChristchurchEarthquakeFromPortHills_Feb2011.jpg
But this version has been compressed horizontally. You can see that the foreground is the same, but everything is proportionally narrower and just doesn’t look right. I’m wondering why someone would do that.
March 25th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Agreed RRM. Wishing those guys well.
March 25th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Here’s the un-stretched version… http://www.cairnsblog.net/2011/03/tuesday-22nd-february-1253pm.html
Also, today aerial images taking on February 24th were released…. http://www.cairnsblog.net/2011/03/christchurch-after-quake-aerial-mapping.html
March 25th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
I had it from http://i.imgur.com/0vZbD.jpg
I’ve seen it attributed to EJ Mathers.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
The address of the photo was published in a comment in Kiwiblog the day after the shake. I picked it up, published it on a club blogsite and it then was taken and published in the Daily Mail On Line. I was then phoned in the middle of the night by someone in the Northern Hemisphere (I’m not very bright at 2.00am) who wanted to get back to the author.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I read somewhere that it was taken by a lady from the BBC what happened to be in Christchurch and on the hills just at the right time.
March 25th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Looks a bit like the sea when huge schools of fish are rounded up by Tuna. The whole sea shimmers and rises, looks a lot like the dust in the photo, only water.
March 25th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
For the record, Keeping Stock posted that very photograph on 27 February
March 25th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
old photo
March 25th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Sigh.
March 26th, 2011 at 8:34 am
That is the sight my cousin’s wife saw from their home in Cashmere while my cousin was in his office. I can only imagine the the thoughts that must have ran through her mind at the time.