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Image: The Kite Suspending the Camera
The Kite Suspending the Camera
The Kite Suspending the Camera
The Kite Suspending the Camera

Photo showing the kite that is suspending the camera over the San Andreas Fault.

Photo showing the kite that is suspending the camera over the San Andreas Fault.

Image: Earthwork in Parkfield
Earthwork in Parkfield
Earthwork in Parkfield
Earthwork in Parkfield

The earthwork in context of the small town of Parkfield, CA.

The earthwork in context of the small town of Parkfield, CA.

Image: Aerial Photo of Shake Table
Aerial Photo of Shake Table
Aerial Photo of Shake Table
Aerial Photo of Shake Table

Photo taken from a kite-lofted camera, showing the shake table and control bunker.

Photo taken from a kite-lofted camera, showing the shake table and control bunker.

Image: Entrance of Parkfield Cafe
Entrance of Parkfield Cafe
Entrance of Parkfield Cafe
Entrance of Parkfield Cafe

3-minute exposure of Parkfield Cafe (and shake table) entrance at night.

3-minute exposure of Parkfield Cafe (and shake table) entrance at night.

Image: Looking Up from Shake Table
Looking Up from Shake Table
Looking Up from Shake Table
Looking Up from Shake Table

Looking straight up from the center of the Shake Table.

Image: Shake Table at Night
Shake Table at Night
Shake Table at Night
Shake Table at Night

An 8.5-minute exposure taken on a moonless night with a blue-gel'd flashlight to fill in the top of the shake table.

An 8.5-minute exposure taken on a moonless night with a blue-gel'd flashlight to fill in the top of the shake table.

Image: Shake Table at Night
Shake Table at Night
Shake Table at Night
Shake Table at Night

A 30-second exposure with the fluorescent lights underneath the table switched on for a split second.

A 30-second exposure with the fluorescent lights underneath the table switched on for a split second.

Image: Shake Table at Dusk
Shake Table at Dusk
Shake Table at Dusk
Shake Table at Dusk

Shake Table at dusk, lit by flourescent lights installed under the table in addition to a high-powered, hand-held flashlight.

Shake Table at dusk, lit by flourescent lights installed under the table in addition to a high-powered, hand-held flashlight.

Image: View of the San Andreas Fault
View of the San Andreas Fault
View of the San Andreas Fault
View of the San Andreas Fault

View looking southeast along the surface trace of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, north of Wallace Creek. Elkhorn Rd. meets the fault near the top of the photo.

View looking southeast along the surface trace of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, north of Wallace Creek. Elkhorn Rd. meets the fault near the top of the photo.

Image: Control Center for the Shake Table
Control Center for the Shake Table
Control Center for the Shake Table
Control Center for the Shake Table

D.V. Rogers in the "Bunker," the control center for the project. Real-time earthquakes are received via satellite internet.

D.V. Rogers in the "Bunker," the control center for the project. Real-time earthquakes are received via satellite internet.

Image: Triggering the Shake Table
Triggering the Shake Table
Triggering the Shake Table
Triggering the Shake Table

Artist D.V. Rogers stomps on one of the geophones surrounding the shake table to trigger it.

Artist D.V. Rogers stomps on one of the geophones surrounding the shake table to trigger it.

Image: Surface Rupture in Northwest Saudi Arabia
Surface Rupture in Northwest Saudi Arabia
Surface Rupture in Northwest Saudi Arabia
Surface Rupture in Northwest Saudi Arabia

Wendy McCausland of the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program and Hani Zahran of the Saudi Geological Survey view the southern end of the surface fault rupture caused by a M5.4 earthquake in the Saudi Arabian desert on May 19, 2009.

Wendy McCausland of the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program and Hani Zahran of the Saudi Geological Survey view the southern end of the surface fault rupture caused by a M5.4 earthquake in the Saudi Arabian desert on May 19, 2009.

Coastal Landslide Caused by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Coastal Landslide Caused by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Coastal Landslide Caused by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Earthquake-triggered landslide on south coast of Haiti near village of Nan Diamant.

Image: Faces of Port-au-Prince
Faces of Port-au-Prince
Faces of Port-au-Prince
Faces of Port-au-Prince

This photo was taken by USGS seismologist Susan Hough two months after the magnitude-7 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. Dr. Hough traveled to Haiti with USGS colleagues Doug Given, Mark Meremonte, and J. Zebulon Maharrey to install seismometers, which monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks.

This photo was taken by USGS seismologist Susan Hough two months after the magnitude-7 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. Dr. Hough traveled to Haiti with USGS colleagues Doug Given, Mark Meremonte, and J. Zebulon Maharrey to install seismometers, which monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks.

Image: USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti

USGS seimologist Doug Given works with colleagues from the Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie to install a seismometer. Seismometers monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks. Given traveled to Haiti with USGS colleagues Susan Hough, Mark Meremonte, and J. Zebulon Maharrey shortly after a magnitude-7 earthquake struck on Jan. 12, 2010.

USGS seimologist Doug Given works with colleagues from the Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie to install a seismometer. Seismometers monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks. Given traveled to Haiti with USGS colleagues Susan Hough, Mark Meremonte, and J. Zebulon Maharrey shortly after a magnitude-7 earthquake struck on Jan. 12, 2010.

Image: USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti

The Hotel Montana, shown here, is a portable seismometer site. USGS Seismologists Doug Given, Susan Hough, Mark Meremonte, and J. Zebulon Maharrey traveled to Haiti shortly after the magnitude-7 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010 to install seismometers. Seismometers monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks.

The Hotel Montana, shown here, is a portable seismometer site. USGS Seismologists Doug Given, Susan Hough, Mark Meremonte, and J. Zebulon Maharrey traveled to Haiti shortly after the magnitude-7 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010 to install seismometers. Seismometers monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks.

Image: USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti
USGS Installing Seismometers in Haiti

USGS seismologist Doug Given worked with colleagues from the Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie to install a seismometer. Seismometers monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks. Given traveled to Haiti with USGS colleagues Susan Hough, Mark Meremonte, and J.

USGS seismologist Doug Given worked with colleagues from the Bureau des Mines et de l'Energie to install a seismometer. Seismometers monitor the earth's movement and can detect and measure aftershocks. Given traveled to Haiti with USGS colleagues Susan Hough, Mark Meremonte, and J.

Coastal Landslide Caused by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Coastal Landslide Caused by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
Coastal Landslide Caused by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Earthquake-triggered landslide on south coast of Haiti near village of Nan Diamant.

Image: Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska
Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska
Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska
Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska

A tidal marsh bank exposed during low tide on Sitkinak Island, Alaska. The bank reveals ledges of alternating peat and silt. Abrupt uplift and subsidence during large megathrust earthquakes is interpreted to be the cause of the alternating layers.

A tidal marsh bank exposed during low tide on Sitkinak Island, Alaska. The bank reveals ledges of alternating peat and silt. Abrupt uplift and subsidence during large megathrust earthquakes is interpreted to be the cause of the alternating layers.

Image: Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013
Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013
Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013
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