Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Without informa…Every year, a lot of people are killed from natural disasters, such as earthquakes, flood, and volcano of these, one of the must devastating is the tsunami. A tsunami is a series of huge waves in ocean. It has various causes, but the most common one is an earthquake. It has a large volume of water and it moves very fast, and the wave can swallow everything in its path.

When there is a large earthquake, a wave can be generated by the sudden movement of the plate. The initial wave is still small, but it has very long wave length. People near this point can’t notice it. However when it approaches land, the depth becomes shallow, and the wave becomes huge. When it is hits the land coast, 2 or 3 kilometers inland can be submerged. Usually the wave surges two or more times, and 2nd or the 3rd wave tends to be the biggest.

There was a huge Tsunami on December 26, 2004, in surrounding Sumatra. The size of the earthquake had a magnitude of 9.3, and the wave was as high as 34m. The wave’s initial speed was about 700km/h, which is the same as a jet plane. There were 229,866 casualties, and it destroyed almost everything in affected areas. People lost their home, family, and friends. Furthermore water supply, electricity, and institution were damaged or destroyed severely affecting the economy and infrastructure. Support of two billion dollars (about 205 billion yen) in total was given from around the world. Volunteers came from all over the world to the affected countries, and gave counseling and help to the victims. The entire world helped but there is still a long way to go. About two years have passed since the wave struck, but in some parts the prospect of the revival is not good.

Sumatra Earthqu…

If you live in affected areas, you should prepare in advance to protect by your self. You have to know where there is a safe place near you. Before an earthquake, you should prepare water, food and radio. Radio is important to get information about the wave as much as possible. If you feel an earthquake, turn on your radio or TV to get information about the wave and run away to high place immediately.

Forces of nature can’t be stopped, but we can reduce loss of life. Citizens can take above the steps to be help. Government must attempt to protect vulnerable areas from the waves. They can plant trees in coast all areas. Governments should educate the population through teaching children in schools and news information. International cooperation is needed to send warning information immediately, when a tsunami or earthquake happens, and to help after wards. Through these methods, we can reduce loss of life.

 Yoshikazu Shirakawa was born in Ehime in 1935. He is known to the world as a photographer who challenges nature such as the Alps and Himalayas. Especially, taking a picture of the waterfall is important for him because he feels “water” is the source of all lives. He graduated The Photography Section of Department of Art at Japan University. He worked as Art and Literature producer Department of Japan Broadcasting Company. Later, he worked as Chief Cameraman in Fuji Television Company, and in 1962 became a free lance cameraman.

He chooses the mountain as targets in the photograph, and he takes a picture from helicopter. It is very dangerous because he approaches waterfall as much as possible. There is no method of taking a picture of the whole except the flight because there are a lot of big waterfalls. His photograph which shade was extremely emphasized and mountain seems so hard. It shows that he think mountains are targeted in the artistic production. The weight of the machine parts that he uses is over a ton. Most cameramen use only several kilos. The taking a picture cost is about 450 million yen per year. There is a thing that it costs 20 million yen to take a picture once, too.

 William Henry Jackson that took a picture of ‘Large cataract in yellowstone’. Yellowstone National Park became the world’s first national park on March 1, 1872. The work of photographer William Henry Jackson and painter Thomas Moran is personally related to the birth of the first national park in the world. He made beauty in untouched nature known all over the U.S..

The waterfall exists naturally, and is related to the word negative ion, it is a summer resort and a sightseeing spot. However, it is actually more violent, and severer? Such a this photograph, ‘Jullan waterfall’. (It’s top photograph.) The golden waterfall looks like dropping flame. It is instinctively gruesome and scary waterfall. Why he said, “Struggle may begin to get a water. 4 million people already dead for lack of water in every year. I hope you to think about water problem.” It is a modern keener problem that transmits from Mr. Shirakawa’s photograph. And, the problem is asked not the assembly in the country somewhere but we each one.