Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Explore Search: Southwest Repeat Photography Collection

link
A researcher holds up a 1900s historic photograph with the same landscape in view in a repeat photography study
link

The Southwest Repeat Photography Collection

The Southwest Repeat Photography Collection

The USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection contains repeat imagery taken for a variety of research purposes over the last 100+ years. Repeat photographs are taken at precisely the same location at later times in order to document landscape and other change. 

link
A researcher holds up a 1900s historic photograph with the same landscape in view in a repeat photography study
link

The Southwest Repeat Photography Collection

The Southwest Repeat Photography Collection

The USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection contains repeat imagery taken for a variety of research purposes over the last 100+ years. Repeat photographs are taken at precisely the same location at later times in order to document landscape and other change. 

Filter Total Items: 92
slideshow
Colorado River, Grand Canyon, River Mile 65.5, Palisades Creek, Across Canyon View from River Left, 1890

A slideshow of repeat photographs 1890-2010 from the Stanton Expedition, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, River Mile 65.5, Palisades Creek, across canyon view from river left. Stake no. s1434.

Photography
A person with archival gloves on handles film as it it scanned

A person scans film for the Southwest Repeat Photography Collection

slideshow
Colorado River Mile 52.8, Nankoweap, Downstream View from River Right, 1890

A slideshow of repeat photographs 1890-2010 from the Stanton Expedition, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, River Mile 52.8, Nankoweap, downstream view from river right. Stake s1424a.

Project
Repeat photography of Glen Canyon Dam site, 1889 -1992

The Southwest Repeat Photography Collection (previously 'Desert Laboratory Repeat Photography Collection')

slideshow
Colorado River, Grand Canyon, River Mile 61.4, Little Colorado River, Across Canyon View from River Right, 1890

The Little Colorado River where it joins the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, River Mile 61.4

Photography
A researcher holds up a 1900s historic photograph with the same landscape in view in a repeat photography study

Repeat photography matching in action

Screenshots
A screenshot of a historic photo in the PBS video about the Southwest Biological Science Center Repeat Photography Collection

A screenshot of a scene in the AZ PBS video about the Southwest Biological Science Center Repeat Photography Collection

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

USGS Southwest Repeat Photography Collection: Kanab Creek, southern UT and northern AZ, 1872-2010

slideshow
Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, photo taken in 1927 by JJ Hanks

Repeat photography of Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona

General
Cover of the SBSC's Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center FY 2021-2023 Triennial Work Plan

GCMRC Publications, Archived Documents, and Southwest Historic Repeat Photography Collection

slideshow
Person standing in San Pedro River valley near St. David, southern Arizona, 1891

Repeat photography of the San Pedro River valley, near St. David, southern AZ

slideshow
1923 Historic photo of 128-Mile Rapid on the Colorado River, by E.C. LaRue taken during the 1923 USGS Birdseye Expedition

Repeat photography of 128-Mile Rapid on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, AZ

slideshow
Historic photograph of a group of cars and people on horses in 1965 in Canyonlands National Park

Repeat photography of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 1965 and 2015

slideshow
Historic photograph taken by LaRue of boats on a sandbar along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, 1923

Repeat photography of Rattlesnake Camp, Colorado River in Grand Canyon, River Mile 74.4

slideshow
Historic photo of men on a beach along the Colorado River taken by EC LaRue on the Birdseye Expedition, 1923

Repeat photography of Colorado River Mile 197, originally photographed by E.C. LaRue during the 1923 Birdseye Expedition

slideshow
Site of Glen Canyon Dam before it was built, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, 1889

Repeat photography of the Glen Canyon Dam site on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, before and after its construction

Photography
San Pedro River valley, near St. David, AZ - 1962. Photo by J.R. Hastings

Repeat photograph of the San Pedro River valley, near St. David, AZ

Photography
Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, photo taken in 2005 by Robert Webb

Repeat photograph of Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, 2005

Photography
San Pedro River valley, near St. David, AZ - 1994. Photo by Robert Webb.

Repeat photograph of the San Pedro River valley, near St. David, AZ.

Photography
Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, color photo taken in 2005 by Robert Webb

Repeat photograph of Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, 2005

Photography
Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, photo taken in 1927 by JJ Hanks

Historic repeat photograph of Tsegi Canyon, Laguna Creek, northern Arizona, 1927

slideshow
Historic photograph of Saguaro National Monument East, Rincon Mountains, taken in 1935 by the National Park Service

Repeat photographs of Saguaro National Monument East (now Saguaro National Park), Rincon Mountain District, Tucson, AZ, 1935 and 2010

publication
image of publications layered on a wooden table

The Desert Laboratory Repeat Photography Collection - An Invaluable Archive Documenting Landscape Change

Photography
Before and after photos of the Glen Canyon Dam site, 1889 and 1992

Glen Canyon Dam site before and after construction - repeat photos taken in 1889 and 1992

Photography
Repeat photograph of a beach along the Colorado River taken in 1983 that is a match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedit

Repeat photograph of a beach along the Colorado River taken in 1983 that is a match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedition image

Photography
Repeat photograph of a beach along the Colorado River taken in 1972 that is a match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 image

Repeat photograph of a beach along the Colorado River taken in 1972 that is a match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedition image

Photography
Repeat photograph of a boat on a beach along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, 2002

Repeat photograph of a boat on a beach along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, 2002

Photography
Repeat photograph taken along the Colorado River in 2016 that is a pseudo-match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedition

Repeat photograph taken along the Colorado River in 2016 that is a pseudo-match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedition image

Photography
Repeat photograph taken along the Colorado River in 2016 that is a match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedition

Repeat photograph taken along the Colorado River in 2016 that is a match to an EC LaRue USGS 1923 Birdseye Expedition image

Photography
Historic photo of men on Stanton's trip, photo taken at Lees Ferry, Colorado River

Historic photo by Nims on Stanton's Colorado River survey trip taken at Lees Ferry

Was this page helpful?