Photos: Before and after Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy turned everyday vistas into extraordinary scenes. Below, images taken before and after — or directly afterward and in the days since — the storm swept through the Mid-Atlantic.






1, Aerial view of New Jersey, before and after

AP/Google Earth, Doug Mills A look at Mantoloking on Sept. 20, 2010 from Google Earth and on Oct. 31, after Sandy.

2. Taxi stand in Hoboken, N.J.

Charles Sykes/AP A parking lot of cabs in Hoboken, N.J., flooded on Tuesday and with receding waters a day later.

3. NYC Skyline – Before and after

REUTERS/Gary Hershorn/Eduardo Munoz A look at Manhattan’s skyline on Oct. 1 and in the early morning of Oct. 30.

4. A parking garage in New York City’s Financial District.Before:

(Via Google Maps)

After: 

(Richard Drew/AP)

5. The fishing pier in Ocean City, Md.

In 2010:

(Laura Emmons/Salisbury Daily Times/AP)

Monday:

(Alex Brandon/AP)

6. Carey Tunnel in New YorkBefore:

(Via Google Maps)

Monday night:

(Dylan Patrick/AP)

7. New York City’s Westside Highway, near the USS Intrepid.On a typical day:

(Via Google Maps)

After Sandy:

(Dylan Patrick/AP)

8. Tony’s Pier Restaurant, City Island, N.Y.In 2007:

(Via Google Maps)

After Sandy:

(Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

9. The Plaza Shops, New York CityBefore:

(Via Google Earth)

After:

(Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

10. The HMS Bounty, a replica of the historic ship.
As it appeared in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”: 

As it sank off North Carolina’s Outer Banks:

(U.S. Coast Guard)

One Post reader sent in these photos — one taken during the storm and one after the storm passed.

11. Maddox Boulevard, Chincoteague:
During the storm:

(Brooks Yeager)

After the storm:

(Brooks Yeager)

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