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Available Resources
Geologic Hazard Photos
The National Geodetic Data Center (NGDC) of NOAA has an online collection of photos of various geologic hazards. Many of the photos are from older sets of 35mm slides that have been digitized. They are free to use provided you credit the photographer and the NGDC as the source. The would be really useful for educators and for powerpoint presentations. The only drawback is that they are in TIF format and some of them could use some retouching. (Photo by University of Colorado, made available by NOAA/NGDC)
Geologic Hazards
Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle
I think the tile says it all. Check out this amazing video of a train derailed by a ‘small’ landslide. [Source: Landslide Blog]
Geologic Hazards
The Springhill Landslide in Utah
This is a nice overview of a slow-moving landslide in a Salt Lake City, Utah neighborhood where you can go on Google Earth and do your own aerial photo analysis using Google’s historic aerial imagery. […]