The Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami:
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Above: High-resolution images for Meulaboh, Indonesia showing local devastation. Images on the left were generated pre-event on May 18, 2004; images on the right were generated post-event on January 7, 2005. (QuickBird images © 2005 DigitalGlobe)

Above: High-resolution imagery scenes of Lhok Nga, Indonesia. Images on the left were generated pre-event on June 18, 2002. Destruction caused by the tsunami is depicted on post-event QuickBird images (on the right) generated on December 28, 2004. (IKONOS images © 2005 Space Imaging LLC; QuickBird images © 2005 DigitalGlobe)

Above: High-resolution imagery scenes of Takua Pa, Thailand. Damages can be viewed by comparing the zoomed-in images on the right. Top: Pre-event images generated on June 24, 2002. (IKONOS images © 2005 Space Imaging LLC, ClearView License) Bottom: Post-event images generated on January 2, 2005. (QuickBird images © 2005 DigitalGlobe, ClearView License)

Above: The image on the left depicts Landsat data circa 2000. The image on the right is a QuickBird image taken on December 30, 2004. Massive tsunami damage is visible in post-event imagery along coastlines in the QuickBird image (© 2005 DigitalGlobe, ClearView License). Please note that band combinations are different. Accordingly, vegetation appears much brighter in Landsat image. The images are accessible through the South East Asia and Indian Ocean Tsunami Response Map Viewer.

Above: “Before and after” damage products of Phuket, Thailand, courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. View enlarged image.

Above: “United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) map of countries affected by the tsunami event. Click here for a PDF version of this map, as well as OCHA maps of India, Indonesia, and a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) map of internal displacement in Sri Lanka.

Above: Tsunami Damage Assessment as of January 2, 2005, courtesy U.S. Government. Click here for PDF version.

Above: Rapid Response Inundation Map of Ache Province, Indonesia, courtesy of the Dartmouth Flood Observatory.

Above: Map of affected areas, courtesy United Nations World Food Programme, Preparedness and Response Unit. Click here for PDF version.

Above: Map of affected areas, courtesy U.S. Department of State. Click here for PDF version.

Above: Graphic of the time sequence of the Tsunami event, courtesy Vasily Titov, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab.

Above: Time Travel Model courtesy Vasily Titov, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab.

Above: Wave Amplitude Model courtesy Vasily Titov, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab.