# Photos of receded water before the wave **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 31, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438 "2004-12-31T16:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weeks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeks)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/1 "2004-12-31T16:25:50Z")
I keep hearing about how the water ran out to sea leaving “stranded fishes” :rolleyes: and I brought it up in this [lack of dead animals](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5666622#post5666622) post. Does there exist a photo or video of such an event? I doubt the person and their camera would survive to see the light of day, but… ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/2 "2004-12-31T16:29:19Z")
There’s a aerial photo of it in [this slideshow](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4136289.stm). ---
**Author:** ![rfgdxm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rfgdxm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfgdxm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/3 "2004-12-31T16:55:05Z")
> [@Weeks](#): > > I keep hearing about how the water ran out to sea leaving “stranded fishes” :rolleyes: and I brought it up in this [lack of dead animals](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5666622#post5666622) post. > > Does there exist a photo or video of such an event? > > I doubt the person and their camera would survive to see the light of day, but… I would think otherwise. If someone were taking a video with the camera pointed at the water, and saw as he was recording the water quickly receding, if that person knew this was a sign of a tsunami, they could have quickly ran away from the shore with their camera. While most at the beaches had no clue of the signficance of the water receding, surely at least a few of them did, and fled inland. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/4 "2004-12-31T16:59:10Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > There’s a aerial photo of it in [this slideshow](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4136289.stm). Oh my God. I almost cried when I saw that photo. Couldn’t help imagining the emotions of those at the shore when the water sucked out. First, the amazement. Then, immediately after, the realization of what must be about to happen. The panic. And then… Oh God, I am gonna cry. ---
**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/5 "2004-12-31T17:20:41Z")
Here’s a picture of the receded waterline as the tsunami wave makes its approach. [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1230&id=1477862004](http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1230&id=1477862004) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/6 "2004-12-31T17:43:15Z")
[http://phukettsunami.blogspot.com/](http://phukettsunami.blogspot.com/) A pic of the tide out, and a tsunami coming in. This fellow survived, and wrote about it at length. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/7 "2004-12-31T17:51:58Z")
**Kiminy’s** link above my last post. Is the full view. From - [NEWS.SCOTSMAN.COM](http://NEWS.SCOTSMAN.COM)\* A woman wades back to help as the giant wave smashes onto the beach, sweeping boats before it. It is not known what became of any of those pictured.\* ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-of-receded-water-before-the-wave/282438/8 "2004-12-31T17:57:21Z")
Satellite images, to include receding tide. Also, before and after images. [http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami\_gallery.html](http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html)