The 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Initial Findings from Sumatra

Coastal Response

Erosion of beach sand is evident in this before-and-after pair of satellite images of the coast at Lampuuk. White structure near the center of the images is a mosque that survived the tsunami. Satellite image acquired using Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite and processed by the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP), National University of Singapore.