Satellite pics of tsumani affected areas

Published on January 6, 2005 By Ravenblack In Professional Work

Check out this link. You can really see the extent of the devastation caused by the waves.

Images acquired and processed by CRISP, National University of Singapore

From site:

On 26 Dec 2004, 00:58:53 UTC (7:58:53 am local time), a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The epi-centre was located under sea water at 3.32 N 95.85 E. This is the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900. The earthquake generated tsunamis which swept across the Indian Ocean within hours. Over 120,000 people lost their lives in this disaster. Areas near to the epicentre in Indonesia, especially Aceh, were devastated by the earthquake and tsunamis. The tsunamis also affected Phuket and surrounding areas in Thailand, Penang in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, and places as far as Somalia in Africa

The satellite images of the Tsunami affected areas in this web page were acquired by the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing at the National University of Singapore. They show the effects of the tsunamis on the affected areas in Indonesia, Thailand and island of India.

Another site:
Digitalglobe.com's tsunami gallery

Comments

Brenda Holiday

on Jan 06, 2005

That is so interesting and also very sad. Mother Nature is a powerful force.
Thank you for sharing.

BlueDev

on Jan 07, 2005

They really demonstrate just how powerful this disaster was. Truly sad.

Ravenblack

on Jan 07, 2005

It's hard for me to even get my head around it, my friends. I live on a very small island, I cannot help but wonder how it would have turned out if my island had been hit. The main city centre would probably be under water....

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