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Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Image: Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage
Northridge, CA Earthquake Damage

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Collection of USGS still images taken after the January 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake highlighting the damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Bar chart showing the distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth.
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth.
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth.
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth.

Where is Earth's water?

Colorized topography (GEDR) over the C3-MIDR mosaic.
Magellan Global C3-MDIR Colorized Topographic Mosaic
Magellan Global C3-MDIR Colorized Topographic Mosaic
Magellan Global C3-MDIR Colorized Topographic Mosaic

The original Magellan Compressed Mosaicked Image Data Record (C3-MIDR) archive contains three times compressed mosaics of image swaths (C-BIDRs) at a resolution of 2025 m/pixel. C3-MIDRs consist of mosaics generated by computing 3x3 pixel arithmetic moving averages from the C2-MIDRs.

The original Magellan Compressed Mosaicked Image Data Record (C3-MIDR) archive contains three times compressed mosaics of image swaths (C-BIDRs) at a resolution of 2025 m/pixel. C3-MIDRs consist of mosaics generated by computing 3x3 pixel arithmetic moving averages from the C2-MIDRs.

Image: Mt. Spurr, Crater Peak
Mt. Spurr, Crater Peak
Mt. Spurr, Crater Peak
Mt. Spurr, Crater Peak

Roiling eruption column rising from Crater Peak vent of Mt. Spurr volcano. View from the south.

Roiling eruption column rising from Crater Peak vent of Mt. Spurr volcano. View from the south.

Image: Finding the Fumarole Vent
Finding the Fumarole Vent
Finding the Fumarole Vent
Finding the Fumarole Vent

USGS hydrologist Michael Sorey tries to locate the steam vent at a fumarole in the Bumpass Hell area in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

USGS hydrologist Michael Sorey tries to locate the steam vent at a fumarole in the Bumpass Hell area in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Image: Pu’u ‘Ō’ō
Pu’u ‘Ō’ō
Pu’u ‘Ō’ō
Pu’u ‘Ō’ō

Pu’u ‘Ō’ō is a cinder and spatter cone in Kilauea’s east rift zone. It began erupting on January 3, 1983; a summary of its eruption can be found here. This image shows the cone just starting to form a collapse pit on its flank.

Pu’u ‘Ō’ō is a cinder and spatter cone in Kilauea’s east rift zone. It began erupting on January 3, 1983; a summary of its eruption can be found here. This image shows the cone just starting to form a collapse pit on its flank.

Image: 'Akepa
'Akepa
'Akepa
'Akepa

Endangered Hawaiʻi forest bird, 'Akepa (Loxops coccineus) (male).

 

Endangered Hawaiʻi forest bird, 'Akepa (Loxops coccineus) (male).