USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Natural Hazards

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery Collection for: Natural Hazards http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Roof moved into the ocean in Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_0 <![CDATA[Only the foundation of a house in Fagasa, American Samoa remains after the tsunami hit on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_1 <![CDATA[Marie Chan Kau, a staff member at American Samoa Community College and a member of the International Tsunami Survey Team, points to the maximum water level reached by the tsunami that struck American Samoa on Sept. 29, 2009. This spot, found in Fagasa, American Samoa, is about about 10 meters above sea level.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_2 <![CDATA[Sediment inundated a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa as a result of a Tsunami that struck the coast on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_3 <![CDATA[Cars damaged by the tsunami in Fagasa, American Samoa. The tsunami hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_4 <![CDATA[USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe standing next to a boat thrown ashore in Pago Pago, American Samoa by the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_5 <![CDATA[The water from the tsunami that hit American Samoa on September 29, 2009 was strong enough to destroy homes and move large objects, such as the boulder pictured here.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_6 <![CDATA[Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) at Alofau, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_8 <![CDATA[Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) indicator at Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. Vegetation is brown where it was submerged by the tsunami and green above.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_9 <![CDATA[Car thrown into building in Pago Pago, American Samoa during the tsunami that struck the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_10 <![CDATA[Vasily Titov (left) of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe (right) standing next to a tsunami warning sign. Signs like this warn people living on the coast to go to higher ground after an earthquake. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_11 <![CDATA[Boat thrown onto fish pond in Maloata, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_12 <![CDATA[Aluminum roofs and debris transported behind the village of Tula on the east shore of American Samoa following the Tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. The tsunami runup (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) was 16-26 feet in Tula.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_13 <![CDATA[Tsunami sand deposit at Alao, American Samoa following the tsunami on Sept. 29, 2009. Light colored sand deposited during the tsunami overlies darker soil that was there before the tsunami.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_15 <![CDATA[Scientists from the USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) examine deposits on the lobe of the Drift Glacier with the summit of Mount Redoubt and its steaming lava dome in distance. This photo was taken during the first helicopter flight funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, which went to Mount Redoubt to inspect the new dome and examine deposits from the 2009 eruption. Facing the camera are AVO scientist Michelle Coombs and in front of the helicopter is University of Fairbanks Alaska graduate student Sarah Henton.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_09_2009_q74Xp00ONj_10_09_2009_0 <![CDATA[Tributary to Snake Creek, near Whitesburg, Georgia, showing a washed out bridge. When bridges such as this one collapse during a flood, it is rarely the pressure of the rushing water against the bridge that causes the bridge to fail. Rather, the rushing water erodes the ground underneath and surrounding the structure that supports the bridge causing the bridge to collapse. Site is 02337500 SNAKE CREEK NEAR WHITESBURG, GA. Carroll County. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_01_2009_fj0Mdp5CCw_10_01_2009_0 <![CDATA[View of tree kill area at Horseshoe Lake in the Long Valley Caldera along the east side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_lPGs3WUi21_06_30_2009_0 <![CDATA[Hot Creek with bridge. Date unknown but the bridge has not been in existence for several years.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_lPGs3WUi21_06_30_2009_1 <![CDATA[Sign above bathroom at Horseshoe Lake announcing CO2 hazard. Notice the ventilation in the bathroom.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_b27Iam4YXt_06_30_2009_1 <![CDATA[CO2 Hazard sign at Horseshoe Lake.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_b27Iam4YXt_06_30_2009_2 <![CDATA[Field trip starting point on Lookout Mountain.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_vbr1Uhg76O_06_30_2009_0 <![CDATA[Tree kills at Horseshoe Lake.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_vbr1Uhg76O_06_30_2009_1 <![CDATA[Fence that used to protect the public from the pools now goes through one.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_vbr1Uhg76O_06_30_2009_2 <![CDATA[Walking down the path to Hot Creek.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_vbr1Uhg76O_06_30_2009_3 <![CDATA[The loading station of the Mammoth Mountain gondola.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_30_2009_vbr1Uhg76O_06_30_2009_4