Geologic Hazard Photos

Access into the Bingham Canyon Mine pit has been restored for the first time since the mega landslide moved 165 million tons of material. Rio Tinto has moved 14 million tons of that material to […]

On December 22 of 2008, there was a massive failure of a fly ash landfill (tailings dam?) at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Kingston power plant. The failure caused a torrent of coal ash sludge […]

A large landslide occured on the hillside above a complex of apartment buildings last week, partially collapsing 3 buildings and killing at least 3 people and injuring more. Dave Petley of the Landslide Blog notes […]