Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, January 2005

Tsunami Pictures: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Homes (National Geographic)
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Many eyewitnesses have compared the post-tsunami scene in Banda Aceh to that of Hiroshima, Japan, after it was hit by an atomic bomb during World War II.

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—Photograph by Chris Rainier
 

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