Sandy, beach-eraser
Aerial photos show portraits of storm on a warpath.
Sandy -- superstorm, hybrid, hurricane, post-tropical cyclone, or just plain Sandy -- smashed records along the East Coast.
When the storm made landfall, the central pressure, a measure of the storm's intensity, may have been the lowest ever recorded, although that's under review.
Philadelphia reported its lowest pressure reading, and the Delaware River reached an all-time high mark at Philadelphia.
The people who live or own property at the Shore probably need no further evidence of the storm's destructive power.
But both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey have released some more visual evidence.
Both agencies have released before-and-after aerial shots of the coastline that show the damages rather dramatically.