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Tsunami Pictures: #1
Swedish tourist and courageous mother, Karin Svaerd (right inset), runs into the water to save her children from the tsunami in Thailand.
They all survived. The three children are (left insets, from left to right): Filip, 11; Anton, 14; and Viktor, 10.

Tsunami Pictures: #2
A man gets caught in the tsunami

Tsunami Pictures: #3
The tsunami floods a coastal area

Tsunami Pictures: #4
A car is swept away by the tsunami
Tsunami Pictures: #5
The tsunami floods a hotel in Thailand

Tsunami Pictures: #6
A woman views photos of people killed by the tsunami

Tsunami Pictures: #7
The tremendous power of the tsunami pushed cars one atop the other

Tsunami Pictures: #8
Happy to be alive: A mother kisses her baby
FAKE Tsunami Pictures
ALL of the following pictures are NOT pictures of the December 26, 2004 tsunami
Again, these ARE NOT pictures from the December 26, 2004 tsuanmi, but many people are
circulating them saying that they are.
Additionally, these “fake” pictures were shown on Australian television by Channel Nine and Sky News on January 3, 2005.
When the stations realized that the pictures were not from the December 26, 2004 tsunami, they issued apologies.
The pictures below are indeed REAL pictures, but of a TIDAL BORE, not a tsunami. The pictures were taken
in October 2002 at the Qiantang Jian River in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China -- an area known for tidal bores.
Tidal bores occur when the leading edge of a tide forms a wave (or waves) which rushes from
the ocean up a river; the
flow of water from the wave actually causes the river to temporarily REVERSE its flow.
So water flows UP the river until the energy of the wave dissipates.
Tidal bores are rare and occur only on certain tides in areas with a large tidal range.
The incoming tide is funnelled into a shallow, narrowing river via a broad bay.
The illustration below shows how a tidal bore forms.

How a tidal bore forms
The bell-shaped mouth of the Quiantang Jian River allows this rare phenomena to occur, which was
captured in the pictures below.
This tidal bore area attracts many tourists, and although the waves appear quite dangerous,
they acually lose energy quickly after hitting the wall; so spectators are usually
not hurt by them.
As you can see in the following pictures, many spectators like to stand near the wall's edge until the
wave hits, and then run away.
The pictures below ARE NOT from the December 26, 2004 tsuanmi, but many people are
circulating them saying that they are.

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #1
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #2
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #3
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #4
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #5
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #6
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture

Fake Tsunami Pictures: #7
This is a picture of a TIDAL BORE taken in China in 2002
This IS NOT a December 26, 2004 tsunami picture
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