Christchurch Earthquake - Bucketing Down

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Colombo Street North. So sad to see history die - both buildings and business. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 048

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Broken crockery in a bucket.

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 11:17:44

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them. Daniel Currie, ground support crew, steadies the monsoon bucket on takeoff".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 11:28:58

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 11:22:01

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 11:31:17

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:09:18 11:36:25

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Garden City Helicopters flown by Mark Read uses a 700 litre monsoon bucket to dump water on loose boulders and rocks on the cliff face above Redcliffs School to dislodge them".

Portable Toilet: Thunder Down Under

Images, Canterbury Museum

One portable toilet comprising of a black toilet seat and lid attached to a grey bucket; sticky label on the front features an image of the toilet, lightning and text including 'Thunder Down Under / Portable Toilet'; manufacturer's mark on lid reads 'Elemental'. Residents who owned commercially produced portable toilets like this ‘Thunder Down ...