ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月30日 09時04分

Photograph by @ジョン・スタンメイヤー

10th Anniversary of Indian Ocean Tsunami —
What remained of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, two days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami came ashore, killing more than 800 people. The 9.1/9.3 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter located in the Indian Ocean just off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, sent this devastating wave approximately 2,368 km or 1,472 mi into this quiet seaside village along Sri Lanka’s east coast. Over 35,000 people died in Sri Lanka, the second highest death toll after Indonesia, and left more than half a million people displaced across the island nation. The magnitude of this natural disaster is only fully understood when viewed from a broader perspective — more than 180,000 died in 14 countries (including Africa) when a wall of water moving the speed of an aircraft spread from northern Sumatra across the Indian Ocean. It displaced more 1.7 million people. The effects of the tsunami were witnessed even as far away as Antarctica where measuring stations recorded water oscillations of a meter (3.3 ft) high.

Personal Notes: This photograph was taken the morning of December 28, 2004, 10 years ago today. I had arrived less than 24 hours after the tsunami had hit Trincomalee, dumbfounded and in awe at the level of destruction witnessed so far away from its source. Without access to helicopters and with most communications knocked out, the highest vantage point I could find in order to even remotely attempt to illustrate the destruction was the crumbled remains of a home.

For the next five more days I would travel all around Sri Lanka, witnessing the enormity of this natural disaster, only to bear witness to even greater loss and ruin a few days later in Sumatra.

Will continue to publish images over the next few days highlighting the 10 year anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami as a reminder of events that have shaped our world, on how alive our planet is and how the earth takes but also gives.

All my best, John
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