Seeing Sandy from the sky
One month ago superstorm Sandy made landfall on the North American Atlantic coast, leaving 132 dead, thousands homeless and billions of dollars of damage in its wake.
The trail of destruction that the storm ripped across the landscape is still visible now - nowhere more so than when seen from the sky.
The Casino Pier amusement park in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, lies destroyed almost a month after the area was hit by Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie put the total cost of damage from Sandy in his state at $36.9 billion.
A roller coaster at the Casino Pier amusement park now stands in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Funtown Pier rises up in the foreground in an aerial view of Seaside Heights.
New York and New Jersey, where the Casino Pier amusement park was destroyed, were the states most damaged by Sandy, the most expensive natural disaster to hit the Northeastern United States.
Rides at the Funtown Amusement Pier were wrecked by the storm.
A boat sits on top of an empty pier in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, almost a month after the storm.
A bulldozer is used to shift sand near Ortley Beach, New Jersey.
A pier lies wrecked near Mantoloking, New Jersey, after the area was hit by Sandy.
Whole houses were completely pushed into marshland from the Oakwood neighbourhood of Staten Island, New York.
A boat was also left stranded in marshland near Sea Bright, New Jersey, almost a month after the disaster.
A house that was pushed into marshland from the Oakwood neighbourhood in Staten Island left a trail behind it in the undergrowth.
Houses along the waterfront near Ortley Beach, New Jersey, still lie crushed to rubble.
Other houses in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, were completely flattened.
Piles of garbage and debris have built up in front of homes in Ortley Beach, New Jersey.
Other houses near Ortley Beach, New Jersey, are submerged by sand after the storm.
Seaside Park and Seaside Heights are visible in this aerial view over the coast of New Jersey, almost a month after the area was hit by Hurricane Sandy.
