Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Roof moved into the ocean in Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Only the foundation of a house in Fagasa, American Samoa remains after the tsunami hit on Sept. 29, 2009....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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...
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Sediment inundated a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa as a result of a Tsunami that struck the coast on Sept. 29, 2009....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Cars damaged by the tsunami in Fagasa, American Samoa. The tsunami hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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....
Location: USA

Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Car thrown into building in Pago Pago, American Samoa during the tsunami that struck the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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. ...
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
Boat thrown onto fish pond in Maloata, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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....
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Tsunami Recovery in American Samoa
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....
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Native American Basket, Ca. 1800, from the J.W. Powell Collection
This bowl-shaped basket, from the J.W. Powell Collection, probably was acquired by John Wesley Powell when he was collecting for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology in the 1880s. Constructed with coiled cottonwood or willow and decorated with anthropomorphic figures, geometr...
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