Minimize Sumatra, 26 December 2004

A collection of Envisat MERIS/ASAR Full Resolution images acquired during the Earthquake/Tsunami event in Sumatra.

Event Timeline
Sumatra Island (Banda Aceh)
This ASAR wide-swath image is a combination of two images that were acquired on 26 November and 31 December 2004 over the Sumatra Island after the Tsunami event.
ASAR wide-swath images
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Technical Information
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Instrument features: Image Mode Precision - Resolution (150 m)
Date of Acquisition: 26 Nov 2004, 31 Dec 2004
Orbit number: Red - 14329, Green - 14329, Blue - 14830
Banda Aceh
In this image the town of Banda Aceh can be seen as a large cluster of bright lights
North-West Sumatra
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QuickBird images
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Technical Information
Satellite: Envisat
Instrument: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Date of Acquisition: 03 January 2005
Orbit number: 14873
Image source: International Charter Space and Major Disasters