Press Release

Digital Globe Image of Kalutara, Sri Lanka Shortly After Tsunami Arrival

By SpaceRef Editor
December 29, 2004
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Image Collected December 26, 2004

This is a natural color, 60-centimeter (2-foot) high-resolution QuickBird satellite image featuring the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Imagery was collected at 10:20 a.m. 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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Tsunami Gallery, Digital Globe

SpaceRef staff editor.