[redheadtoo]

You are wrong it are not a hill it is the tsunami approaching. If there were hills out there then they would have blocked the wave and the water would have been diverted.

You can also see in the pictures that the ocean has receded. Again, hills if that is what they are, would have blocked the ocean from receding.

[Godebert]

You've seen one too many Hollywood disaster films.

[monday]

"You are wrong it are not a hill it is the tsunami approaching. If there were hills out there then they would have blocked the wave and the water would have been diverted."

The hills are off to the right. The tsunami is wrapping around the island from the left. Try filling a sink with several glasses and water allowing the glasses to break the surface. Allow the water to completely calm then drop a marble or something else small and watch how the tiny waves bounce every which way and wrap themselves around the glasses.

Islands deform and refract tsunamis in the same way. That explains why the islands off to the left didn't block the tsunami. Some of the major damage to Sri Lanka was on the western shore which faces away from the epicenter.

[jayef]

Dude . . . please! You have no standing here.