🌊 Tsunamis: Pictures

Tsunamis — Slide 2 of 3: Pictures

Here are three real photographs of tsunamis from around the world. Hover over a picture to make it jump, and check the Picture Sources box at the bottom to see exactly where each photo came from!

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami wave washing over a street in Thailand
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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami washing over a street in Ao Nang, Thailand. This photo was taken as the wave came ashore on December 26, 2004. See source ↓
A field scattered with debris after the 2011 tsunami in Japan
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The Torinoumi area of Japan after the 2011 tsunami. The waves carried boats, cars, and parts of houses far inland and scattered them everywhere. See source ↓
A bridge destroyed by the tsunami near Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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Near Banda Aceh, Indonesia, you can see an old bridge lying in the river after the 2004 tsunami smashed it. A new bridge was built right beside it so help could reach people. See source ↓

📚 Picture Sources

  1. Photo 1 — The 2004 tsunami at Ao Nang, Thailand. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2004-tsunami.jpg
  2. Photo 2 — Torinoumi area, Japan, after the 2011 tsunami. From Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torinoumi_area_after_Tsunami_waves_1st_April_2011_2.JPG
  3. Photo 3 — Destroyed bridge near Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 2005 (U.S. Navy photo, public domain). From Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_050127-N-0057P-268_Trucks_line_up_near_a_recently_reconstructed_bridge_to_cross_near_Banda_Aceh,_Sumatra,_Indonesia,_while_the_old_bridge,_destroyed_in_a_Tsunami,_lie_in_a_river_next_to_it.jpg
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