![]() ![]() + Animation 3 (3.9 Mb) - covers region further south, at the northern end of India's Coromandel Coast + Animation 2 (6 Mb) - covers area in images above (high resolution) + High resolution/full caption + Animation 1 (586 Kb) - covers area in images above (low resolution) The arrows show the progression of the southwestern edges of the breakers. This scene is located along the shores of Andhra Pradesh, near the mouth of the Godavari River, and covers an area of 42 kilometers x 37 kilometers. The still image shows four frames from the instrument's backward-viewing cameras spanning a period of about 2.5 minutes. Because MISR's nine cameras imaged the coast over a time span of about 7 minutes, and because the the waves are unusually large, MISR was able to capture unique time-lapse imagery of the breaking waves. The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) aboard NASA's Terra satellite passed over the eastern Indian coast between 5:10 to 5:20 UTC, when the tide gauge indicated the arrival of another series of waves. Image above: The initial tsunami waves reached the eastern Indian coast around 3:35 UTC, based on tide gauge measurements made at the port city of Vishakapatnam. The data are from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instruments on NASA’s Terra spacecraft, as well as from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.īreaking Tsunami Waves Along India's Eastern Coast Newly released imagery from three NASA spaceborne instruments/missions sheds valuable insights into the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9 earthquake southwest of Sumatra on December 26. ![]()
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