Asian Tsunami Imagery
Sri Lanka
The imagery below were taken by the DigitalGlobe Quickbird satellite. It shows a portion of the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka, by the town of Kalutara. The image was taken on Sunday Dec. 26, 2004, at 10:20am 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.
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Dec. 26, 2004, DigitalGlobe imagery showing beach and tourist resort near Kalutara, along the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka, after getting hit by the tsunami.
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Dec. 26, 2004, DigitalGlobe imagery showing beach and tourist resort near Kalutara, along the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka, after getting hit by the tsunami.