Images

Burned-out buildings in downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Flooding of homes in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1997.

An inundated building in Grand Forks, North Dakota durring the Red River of the North Flood.

Boats on city streets of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota during the 1997 Red River of the North flood.

The Holiday Mall in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, during the Red River of the North flood.

Downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota flooded by the Red River of the North in 1997.

Grand Forks flooding on Highway 2.

The Sorlie Bridge between Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, during the 1997 Red River of the North flood.

U.S. Geological Survey employees being transported to sites by National Guard personnel.

Fire consumes an building on a farmstead near the Red River of the North in northeastern North Dakota.

The flag of the United States of American flies over flood water in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Flood waters inundated Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota.The picture is looking west to Grand Forks, North Dakota and the  USGS gage house is the small white square in the center of the picture.

Mt. Konocti erupted during the most recent stage of volcanism (01. Ma to 10,000 years ago), and a future eruption from the same site would be devastating to the nearby inhabitants.

Sioux Falls SD Mosaic of NAPP Aircraft (E 795 99BN). EROS History Project

Lava fragments explode onto the sides of a littoral cone on the south coast of Kīlauea Volcano as lava pours into the sea from a lava tube.

Mount Konocti, the most distinct volcanic feature of the Clear Lake Volcanics as viewed to the west from Cinder Cone.

Building addition floor preparation that would later serve as the archive. EROS History Project

Media used at EROS including high density tapes (HDT), computer compatible tapes (CCT), and digital cassette tapes (DCT). EROS History Project

Paleomagnetic secular variation curve for the past two thousand years. Label dates are mean ages before present (B.P.) or Anno Domini (AD), with gray circles indicating estimated error. Note that the magnetic field changes in declination (horizontal arched lines) and inclination (angled vertical lines) over time.

Lahars pick up material as they travel, which can cause damage to structures in their path. Damage here from Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines.

Lassen Peak's Devastated Area photographed from the air in 1994.