There have been loads of videos and photos and stories that I’ve seen and read over the last few days about the tragedy in Japan.  But there’s one image that I can’t get out of my mind.  It’s quite a simple photo, but it speaks to me on so many levels.

This whole thing in Japan, being so close to the hurricane in New Zealand has seemed quite surreal to me.  I was in the office on the day that the tidal waves hit the coast, and was actually standing next to colleagues watching the live broadcast on CNN as the wave hit the coast.  It was incredible. It didn’t seem real really.

But this particular image from Big Picture makes it hit home.

Connor is little too, and I can imagine how scary that must be.  No actually, I can’t think I can imagine it… but let’s pretend I do.  I can just see his face being similar to this, with that little frown on his face.  OMW how scared  this child must be.  And I can just imagine how scared that mother must be that’s behind him (well, hopefully it is his mother)

It reminds me of a sci-fi horror movie, and it’s just freaky that this is actually real, and not put on by some actors in a studio somewhere.

In fact, like normal, Big Picture‘s photos are just incredible, and are much better than watching the videos and TV and general newspaper sites.  These photos tell the story properly, not some rambling person with subtitles.

My heart breaks for them all… and all the people trying to directly help.  It must be so terrifying. So terrifying.

What has made this real for you? What photo/image/video has stuck in your head?