Dust Pic / Tsunami Hoax
I got this through an email and after a little research found out that
it's a hoax.
It's quite a picture though, and shows the power of mother
nature.
If dust can amass like this, imagine what water can do.
Caption: This picture
was taken on the banks of Sumatra Island (the height of waves was of
approx. 32 m = 105 ft).
It was found saved in a digital camera, after the disaster.
We cannot know for sure, but very likely the one who took the
picture is not alive any more (it was just a matter of seconds).
According to http://www.hoax-slayer.com/tsunami-wave-sumatra.shtml
The photograph does not depict a tsunami wave nor was it taken
in
Sumatra. In fact, the "wave" shown in the photograph is a large dust
storm that hit the town of Griffith, NSW Australia in 2002.
The photograph is featured as part of a Sydney Morning Herald news article that was re-posted on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology website in November 2002. The photograph includes the following caption:
The residents of Griffith rushed to seal their houses at dusk yesterday as a fierce dust storm raced into the town with warning, propelled by winds of up to 90 kilkometres (sic) an hour. The dust cloud moved across the state and into Sydney today. Photo: Denis Couch
