Holy crap!...pics of the actual tsunami (camera survived, photographer didn't)
Look how far out the ocean was pulled before the wave came in...You can see boats stranded on the sand and a (formerly submerged) coral reef showing completely...It looks like people just were walking out on the sand in awe, not knowing what was coming.
To get a sense of size, compare the normal 3-4 ft waves in the first few pics with the wall of ocean coming in behind them at 150mph...amazing.
nothing that i've not seen already actually saw a show on it on national geographic last night with video footage from several people of the waves coming in.
Feb-28-2005 12:10
Lira
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I find it quite depressing that they showed the couple's picture
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Feb-28-2005 12:36
Ian
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Registered: Dec 2001
Location: UK
quote:
Originally posted by Lira
I find it quite depressing that they showed the couple's picture
i agree there, maybe it was best left out
Feb-28-2005 12:48
KilldaDJ
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Location: Birmingham, England
blimey!
what would you do in that situaion?
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Feb-28-2005 15:25
occrider
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Originally posted by Jake Conlon
blimey!
what would you do in that situaion?
Well, I wouldn't be standing around taking photos that's for sure.
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Feb-28-2005 15:44
Mr. Pink
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Originally posted by Ian^
i agree there, maybe it was best left out
no way
i mean damn, its so sad that you see the smiling faces of those who perished. But- these were HIS pictures.......his view, his eyes- and you get the feeling he got right before he had to scramble and say "forget the pictures, im out of here"
and i mean- im not meaning to come off as an insensitive prick, but seeing his face made me appreciate not only the pictures, but HIM.
and i pray for his family.
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Feb-28-2005 16:54
Phil r
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Hampshire, UK
quote:
Originally posted by Lira
I find it quite depressing that they showed the couple's picture
personally, i think it's essential that they show the picture....
otherwise, it's just a "here's some mad waves from a random camera"
including the picture reminds you that included in the mad waves, those individual peoples lives ended because of it
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Feb-28-2005 19:31
Halcyon+On+On
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Location: midcoast
I agree, Senor Pink.
If whomever took these pictures was worth a damn, they would appreciate the fact that they were remembered for bringing to the world a better sense of what truly happened here. I don't find it insensitive at all, and am more offended at the thought that someone would be trying to preserve some anonymous sanctity for the dead by *not* showing the photos of them - as though their life and times were not something to be proud of.
At the very least, I would want that picture of me there if I had died. That's all I can truly judge on.
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actually saw a show on it on national geographic last night with video footage from several people of the waves coming in.
