Before and After photo's of Sri Lanka

[VaBeachGuy 12]

These photo's are less then a year apart. The first one is from January 2004 and the second one is December 2004.

 

January 2004

 

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December 26 2004

 

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For anyone that can't open spoilers here's the links to the pictures.

 

Link 1:

 

http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/tsunami...an1_2004_dg.jpg

 

Link 2:

 

http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/tsunami...c26_2004_dg.jpg

[Odie 0]

Wow, coastal area has changed a lot.

[WEAREBORG4102 0]

wow the coast line is really different....

[Takara_Soong 4]

Those whirlpools were incredibly scary looking!!!

[Valeris 2]

That does not look pleasant... especially the whirlpools...

[trekzone 0]

here's a video my news department made:

 

Before & After

 

It is a 3.6mb ZIP file that expands to a 18mb AVI file, if you use Windows XP you should be OK if you dont have WinZip. It also needs Windows Media Player.

Edited January 2, 2005 by trekzone

[VaBeachGuy 12]

I resized the pics so it's easier to see the full picture.

 

 

[Jaz4stfguy 0]

Horrible, isn't it? I recall seeing photos of Banda Aceh on the Google News link, and it's shocking to see the vast amount of damage. Large chunks of the city are completely gone! And the latest estimates of 125K dead is too great for me to comprehend. I need to be less complaining and more thankful. I take too much for granted.

 

BTW, thanks VBG for the pics! :)

[cassidy 0]

Gee, that's pretty impressive! Sad, though. I have a friend who is currently holidaying in India, and haven't heard from her. I'm hoping she's ok

[hangon 3]

That is shocking and heart breaking,i cant watch it on the news anymore its just too much,dont get me wrong i really feel for those ppl who where effected by it and after hearing it only costs about 50 bucks to build a new house there me and debbie both gave 50 bucks each, it was the least we could do.

[Odie 0]

That is shocking and heart breaking,i cant watch it on the news anymore its just too much,dont get me wrong i really feel for those ppl who where effected by it and after hearing it only costs about 50 bucks to build a new house there me and debbie both gave 50 bucks each, it was the least we could do.

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I did the same thing. Unbelievable that this has happen. :)

[Kaileron 0]

More Before/After Pictures. (Dutch link but its the pics that matter.).

[Takara_Soong 4]

It keeps getting worse. I saw part of an interview with a UN official and later a World Vision official (I think that was the organization). They both talked about the flooding that has started in areas that were set up for displaced people. The number of people expected to die from preventable diseases is so high. It just doesn't end and we must never stop trying to help.

[Yillara Skye 1]

It is pretty amazing and sad.

 

 

I have both a current coworker, and a couple of coworkers from my old job that have family over there. My coworker has not said anything, so I am hoping his relatives are all ok... but as for my former coworkers, I have not seen them in a while so I have no idea about their families.

[Chakotay's spirit guide 0]

 

 

In these photos released Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004 by DigitalGlobe, the shoreline of Banda Aceh in Indonesia, is shown on June 23, 2004, above, and Dec. 28, 2004 below, after the tsunami attack. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)

 

I think these photos are just disturbing, it really shows the devastation

[mj 7]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and the disappearance of the beach, and the palm tree tops poking out of the water in that first set of pictures speaks volumes. Th same with the other pictures. Very sad.

[Odie 0]

What is truely sad is that some of these places may never recover from the damage.

[Takara_Soong 4]

Check out the height of the wave coming in on the upper-right hand side of this picture:

 

[Kaileron 0]

Check out the height of the wave coming in on the upper-right hand side of this picture:

 

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Am I the only one to think that one is a fake? The wave is impossibly high, at its highest point went the wave made contact it was about 15 meters high. That wave in the pic looks like double the size...

[HRH The KING 0]

Yeah, that photo is probably fake.

 

These are real:

 

Boxing Day Tsunami

Edited January 7, 2005 by The King

[trekzone 0]

Tsunami, a special dedication

[Spockstellaiter 0]

Wow, that's scary and powerful