Satellite Images Of Tsunami's Impact

US Intelligence agencies share their before and after-satellite imagery of the areas hardest hit by the tsunami.

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January 1, 2005, 5:00 AM PST

"The U.S. intelligence agency that tasks spy satellites to monitor military maneuvers and to find secret weapons plants has been pressed into service to help in the relief effort following Sunday's earthquake and resulting tsunami... Analysts for Digital Globe, an NGA contractor, were able to work with images acquired in the hours after the tsunami struck Kalutara, a beach resort area on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, just south of the city of Colombo. "

[Editor's note: Select the slide show "Launch" button to seee the images.]

Thanks to David Fletcher's Government and Technology Weblog

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