These photographs were captured by a range of Earth-observation satellites including IKONOS, SPOT 2, SPOT 5 and RADARSAT, and by the Indian National Remote Sensing Agency. The pairs of images show devastated regions before and after the tsunami.
Banda Aceh, Sumatra
10 January 2003	29 December 2004
� IKONOS/CRISP
Trinkat Island, Nicobar Islands
21 December 2004	26 December 2004
� Indian Natl Remote Sensing Agency
Katchall Island, Nicobar Islands
10 July 2004	28 December 2004
� SPOT 5/CNES/CRISP, Natl Univ. Singapore
Akkaraipattu, Sri Lanka
8 February 2002	2 January 2005
� SPOT 2/RADARSAT/SERTIT