the journey: Satellite images of tsunami devastation

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Satellite images of tsunami devastation

DigitalGlobe has some remarkable satellite photographs of the tsunami devastation. Click here for the entire media gallery.

Photo description (by DigitalGlobe): This is a natural color, 60-centimeter (2-foot) high-resolution QuickBird satellite image featuring the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Imagery was collected at 10:20 a.m. local time, slightly less than four hours after the 6:28 a.m. (local Sri Lanka time) earthquake and shortly after the moment of tsunami impact.

Photo credit: DigitalGlobe.com

Added 1/7/05: Satellite photos have been synced to provide great before & after looks at the devistation.

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