The Map Room

More on the Indian Ocean tsunami. The NOAA has a page of images that show the height of the tsunami wave as it progressed (and expanded) over time, using data collected from radar satellites. There’s also an animation of the tsunami wave that shows it spreading across every ocean on earth — yow! — which, I must confess, I saw for the first time on CNN yesterday. (Jennifer turned to me and said, “You’re posting that, aren’t you.”) The animation files are very large.

A collection of satellite photos showing areas of Sri Lanka and Indonesia before and after they were devastated by the tsunami. The photos from the Banda Aceh region are particularly horrifying. Via Rebecca’s Pocket. Tsunami Relief.

I was hoping that some useful maps illustrating the effects of yesterday’s tsunami would turn up, and as usual the Internet did not disappoint. Via Boing Boing again, two separate animations illustrating the spread of the tidal waves: this one (645 KB animated GIF); and, from the NOAA, this one (QuickTime, 3.5 MB).