Tsunami satellite photos (before/after)

Richard SpragueJanuary 2, 2005 · 1 min read

Here is the Banda Aceh shore before last week's tsunami:

Satellite photo of a Banda Aceh shoreline in June 2004, before the tsunami, with houses and mangroves intact

Satellite photo of a Banda Aceh shoreline in June 2004, before the tsunami, with houses and mangroves intact

and after:

Satellite photo of the same shoreline on December 28, 2004, after the tsunami left most buildings as debris