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2004 tsunami hits Thailand


A photo that really captures the moment when the tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake hits Thailand. Simply the fact that the photographer reacted by taking a picture rather than running for it is amazing.

Originally uploaded to Swedish Wikipedia by User:Etxrge but taken by a guy from Stockholm named [mailto:skylark292@hotmail.com David Rydevik], who does not appear to be a Wikipedian.


 * Nominate and support. - Salleman 1 July 2005 03:07 (UTC)
 * It would be good if we knew where in Thailand this photograph was taken. On a photo like this, it is necessary to question its authenticity (people do put out fakes), but I don't see anything out of place here. Everyone appears somewhat oblivious to the wave, but I think one of the things we learned from this Tsunami, is that last year few people knew how to react to them. -- Solipsist 1 July 2005 07:17 (UTC)
 * Great (but sad) pic. Incidentally,I don't see how they are "somewhat oblivious" to the wave since 4 of the 5 people seem to be fleeing _ Adrian Pingstone 1 July 2005 14:19 (UTC)
 * 'Oblivious', because apart from the young lad front left, everyone else is either watching or seems more concerned with not getting their feet wet crossing the road rather than actually fleeing. -- Solipsist 2 July 2005 09:32 (UTC)

+10 / -2 with a preference for removing the watermark contact details if possible. -- Solipsist 11:11, 16 July 2005 (UTC) 
 * Support, wow, what a dramatic photo. [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Phoenix2 Canada Day Weekend! 3 July 2005 18:33 (UTC)
 * Question - a very good pic, but at the bottom center the author has photoshopped his name and email in -- this is the kind of thing that is proper on the image page. Is it possible to get an untagged image? &rarr;Raul654 July 5, 2005 06:41 (UTC)
 * David donated this pic to PD with some hesitation. He is a friend of my daughter. I think the place is Khau Lac. --Etxrge 5 July 2005 09:09 (UTC)
 * Support -- I'm Awe-struck. TomStar81 6 July 2005 01:02 (UTC)
 * Support -- Thanks for the info on location, which I guess is the same as Khao Lak. == Solipsist 6 July 2005 07:06 (UTC)
 * Support, hope author and friends/family are OK. -- Chris 73 Talk July 7, 2005 17:52 (UTC)
 * Support - dramatic shot Uwe Kils  [[Image:heringmini.jpg]] July 7, 2005 18:14 (UTC)
 * Support. Enochlau 8 July 2005 07:22 (UTC)
 * Support. James F. (talk) 9 July 2005 01:40 (UTC)
 * Support -Important but highly disturbing. Surely not all in this picture made it out alive.--Deglr6328 04:23, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Support A unique view of the waves. --Shivu 07:49, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose because of the name/email in the picture. There's lots of room to give credit to the photographer on the description page. (If there was hesitation about placing it in the PD, maybe GFDLing an untagged version would be better &mdash; PD even allows the tag to be retouched out) --K. Sperling 01:44, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- I agree with K. Sperling. The watermark should not be included in this. --ZeWrestler 14:20, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Conditional support if someone erases the attribution from the image. Lupin 13:51, 14 July 2005 (UTC)