The Trans-Pac 747 looked a lot like this Pan Am version.

A blue coconut crab climbing a tree on the Palmyra Atoll.
The coconuts don't stand a chance.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii,
just west of Honolulu. Kai Tanaka was giving a tour
there to some schoolchildren.

Take the sign's advice.

Johnston Island with its small sister island in the foreground.
As you can see, it's pretty flat.
Not many places for Dr. Aspen and his colleague to hide.

A sit-on-top kayak like the ones Mia and Lani are stuck on.

Crowded Waikiki beach with Diamond Head crater in the background.
Lani, Mia, and Teresa have to jostle with these crowds
to find some space. Good luck.

Here's an aerial shot as if it were taken from the Grand Hawaiian hotel.
The Seaside condominium is toward the back of the picture.
Both the Seaside and the Grand Hawaiian are fictional.

A map of Waikiki. You can see the Ala Wai marina on the lower left
and the canal starting at the left and bordering the north of Waikiki.
Only three bridges allow for evacuation.

This image of a massive tsunami is a fake,
but imagine it coming at Waikiki.

This is a real image of the Southeast Asian tsunami approaching.
Still pretty scary.

The Seattle Nordstrom skywalk, which served as the model
for the skywalk between the Grand Hawaiian towers.

This is what happens when a propane gas tank explodes.
Kai and Brad find this out the hard way.

A scuba tank and octopus regulator that Kai saves Brad and Mia with.

A life raft inflating in real time. Get out of the way!

An A-Star helicopter like the one that saved Kai and the others.
You can bet it was cramped in there.

The Honolulu airport control tower.
It might have been tall enough to withstand the wave.

A C-130 cargo plane that Kai and the others make a dash for.

Brad's driving a Humvee like this one.

You can see why Wheeler Army Airfield in the middle of Oahu
would be the best place to avoid a tsunami.

The Punchbowl, also known as the National Memorial Cemetery
of the Pacific, which became a refuge from the tsunami.

The USS Missouri, the last battleship ever built by the US,
is docked in Pearl Harbor.

The Arizona Memorial straddling the sunken USS Arizona.
It would take quite a tsunami to make the Arizona end up sitting
side-by-side with the Missouri.