# Tsunami Pictures


By Ben Ramsey

Published on January 7, 2005


I rarely use this blog to discuss something that's not related to technology, but someone sent me a link to these [satellite before and after pictures of the devastation](http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/) caused by the massive ocean wave. What this wave did is incredibly *awesome* with all the meaning that this word used to embody.

Also equally awe-inspiring is what this massive earthquake and displacement of water did to the Earth's rotation: it caused it to [spin 3 microseconds faster](http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/29/quake.wobble.reut/index.html)!

More horrifying is that the death toll is, at present, nearly 156,000. [Relief efforts](http://www.google.com/tsunami_relief.html) are staggering as people worldwide have responded well beyond imagination to help those in need.