Free tsunami satellite photos

srilanka_kalutara_thumb1.jpgDigitalGlobe is making a number of QuickBird satellite images available to media. "Showing 60-centimeter resolution, the satellite images offer the world's highest resolution available to the commercial industry." This photo shows the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka slightly less than four hours after the 6:28 a.m. (local Sri Lanka time) earthquake and shortly after the moment of tsunami impact.

Powerful stuff.

View Tsunami Image
View Before Tsunami Image
View Beach Image
View Before Beach Image
View Beach 2 Image
View Before Beach 2 Image
View Large Overview Image
View Large Before Overview Image

Here is an explanation and analysis of the images.

Usage guidelines here.

December 28, 2004 | BY JONATHAN DUBE







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