The Most Powerful Images Of 2011:
A whirpool forms off the Japanese coast after the tsunami on March 11.
This sightseeing boat, Hama Yuri, was pulled 1300 feet from the coast and somehow balanced itself on a two story house during the tsunami in Japan.
Two lights from the former site of the World Trade Centers shine for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2011/12/2/14/enhanced-buzz-wide-16942-1322853543-73.jpg monstrous dust storm (Haboob) roared through Phoenix, Arizona in July.
Chile's Puyehue volcano erupts, causing air traffic cancellations across South America, New Zealand, Australia and forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate. (Reuters)
Cars are abandoned on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive during the "Snowpocalypse" in February.
Source: chicagotribune.com