incredible satellite photo of wave hitting Sri Lanka . . .

[OneBlueSky]

[ShaneGR]

1. gees, how tall were some of these waves?

looks to me like at least 100 feet tall.

[DieboldMustDie]

7. I've read 15 meters; that would be about 50 feet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

[nascarblue]

10. From all the diver and fisherman eyewitness stories...

It wasn;t so much a tidal wave as it was a huge tide shift. First it sucked way out to sea, and then it came in like an accelarated high tide. It came up twice too.

[bpilgrim]

12. thats why they are still around to tell their story...

other places were hit with much worse and those eyewitnesses, tragically, won't ever be able to tell their story directly.

peace

[rman]

14. i think noone is saying it was a "tidal wave", but rather a tsunami

what the eyewitnesses describe is classic bahaviour of a tsunami.

http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317836/us317914/us53775/us221719/us1134460/

Tidal Wave
...the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth...

Tsunami
...series of catastrophic ocean waves caused by earthquakes...

[Downtown Hound]

2. Unreal

[Blue_Roses]

3. these pictures are so amazing

and horrifying.

[Karenina]

8. .

:wow:

[TahitiNut]

4. Looks to me it's after the leading waves hit.

The swirls would seem to indicate the rip effect of backflow from the land combined with the continued onflow of the swell. At least that's how I'd interpret what I'm seeing.

[Minstrel Boy]

5. That makes sense.

Clearly the land has already been flooded.

There's an earlier satelite photo of the same spot circulating, and the difference is striking.

[hootinholler]

6. Yep right here:

before:
After:

[nascarblue]

9. Funny how they can find insurgents in houses...

But they can't find a tsunami with top of the line weather satellites and a 3-4 hour headstart...How long does it take to email, telephone, broadcast??

For a really in depth and well referenced article, go here..

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO412C.html

[jman0]

11. got a link?

For these alledged satelite photos? That one in particular looks like a photoshop fake to me.

[Kingshakabobo]

13. Those series of photos have been all over the main stream media for days.

http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html

[rman]

15. why do you think it is fake?

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