In this composite image a comparison has been made between a scene in 2005 (LEFT) and 2014 (RIGHT) ***LEFT IMAGE*** BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - JANUARY 4: A member of the Indonesian Army stands guard near the minaret of Al- Tawhid mosque after the Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia -150 miles from southern Asia's massive earthquake's epicenter on Tuesday January 4, 2005. Banda Aceh, Indonesia. ***RIGHT IMAGE*** BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 13: Motorbikes ride past Al- Tawhid mosque prior to the ten year anniversary of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami on December 13, 2014 in Banda Aceh, Indones


In this composite image a comparison has been made between a scene in 2005 (LEFT) and 2014 (RIGHT) ***LEFT IMAGE*** BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - JANUARY 4: A member of the Indonesian Army stands guard near the minaret of Al- Tawhid mosque after the Tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia -150 miles from southern Asia's massive earthquake's epicenter on Tuesday January 4, 2005. Banda Aceh, Indonesia. ***RIGHT IMAGE*** BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 13: Motorbikes ride past Al- Tawhid mosque prior to the ten year anniversary of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami on December 13, 2014 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh was the worst hit location, being the closest major city to the epicentre of the magnitude earthquake, suffering a huge hit from the following tsunami and resulting in around 130,000 deaths. Throughout the affected region of eleven countries, nearly 230,000 people were killed, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.


Size: 7444px × 5616px
Location: Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia
Photo credit: © PixelPro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2004, 2014, accident, aceh, act, annihilation, anniversary, banda, blighting, boat, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, death, debris, desolation, destruction, devastation, disaster, disfigurement, earthquake, elimination, eradication, extermination, god, harm, holocaust, impairment, indian, indonesia, iquidation, island, killing, massacre, men, muslim, natural, obliteration, ocean, rubble, ruination, scarring, sea, slaughter, sumatra, tragedy, tsunami, water, wave, women, wood