THE British Navy has released the first images of the seabed at the epicentre of last year’s killer earthquake and tsunami that reveal the massive canyons and ridges left by the collision of two of the earth’s plates.
The Royal Navy’s HMS Scott has been taking underwater sonar readings off the Indonesian island of Sumatra to try to find out how the earthquake unfolded and then produced the giant waves that have killed nearly 300,000 people in 11 countries.
The ship’s officers presented the readings in the form of coloured digital mapping at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office in Somerset, England, indicating a large landslide some 100m high by 2km in length
Check out the picture there too.
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Kathy,
Check out your link. All I get is a “Story Not Found” notification on NEWS.com.au.
G’day,
Bill
Thanks, Kathy.
I have been away for a couple of days and have had no chance to check out my favorite blogger.
Interesting article.
Thanks, again.