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Patrick, Franklin, and a team from Saipan deploying seismometers on the island of Pagan, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The volcano is active and the island was evacuated in the 1980's when it erupted. People have not been allowed to return as it is still active, however that are currently 4 people living there. Photo by Heather Relyea.
Apollo landing sites as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
Bright "blast zones" around the Lunar Modules of the six Apollo landing sites on the Moon that were formed by the descent engines on the landers. Full story here (PDF). Images courtesy of NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. Mosaic by Ryan Clegg.
Undergraduate student firing the "Betsy Gun" during an Exploration & Environmental Geophysics (EPSc 454) field exercise on active-source seismic exploration.
Photo by Patrick Shore.
2.5 mile Historic Tour trail of Mammoth Cave National Park. The 3D model was created from a point cloud of over 18 million points collected by terrestrial LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging). Image courtesy of Aaron Addison.
The project was in conducted for the new Visitor Center at Mammoth Cave, and was supported by The Cave Research Foundation, the National Park Service and Washington University.
On a field trip to Elephant Rocks State Park in the St. Francois Mountains of Missouri.
See the website for Elephant Rocks State Park.
Cathodoluminescence (CL) image of the mineral zircon (ZrSiO4) showing internal concentric-growth zonation and a complex history.
Photo by Paul Carpenter.
Deploying ocean bottom seismometers near the Mariana Islands for Prof. Wiens' research on plate subduction mechanisms.
On board the R/V Thomas G Thompson. Photo by Franklin Koch.
This seismogram was recorded by the seismometer in the basement of our building on August 23, 2011.
The magnitude 5.8 earthquake had an epicenter 6 km deep near Mineral, Virginia.
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on the surface of Mars - self portrait
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on the surface of Mars - self portrait. Pancam-based color view of the top of Spirit showing the solar panels and surrounding soil and pebbles at the Gusev Crater landing site, Mars. Pancam has been used on a continuing basis to image the solar panels to check for accumulation of wind-blown dust. Our department is deeply involved in running both Spirit and Opportunity on Mars and analyzing the data to infer current and past environmental conditions.
Saturn's A and F rings, with little moon Epimetheus above and big moon Titan in the background. Captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on April 28, 2006.
Lots more information about the image here.
Rafting the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument, spring 2011 field trip to the Great Basin.
Photo by Randy Korotev.
Working to clear the road of a nuisance lava flow, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Photo by Tom Stein.Learn more about Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
A canyon in the American west? No, a false-color image of "'Cape St. Vincent,' one of the many promontories that jut out from the walls of Victoria Crater, Mars."
From NASA photo PIA09695.jpg.
Petroglyphs, McKee Springs, Dinosaur National Monument. Spring 2011 field trip.
Photo by Randy Korotev.
Mt. Erebus, the most southern active volcano in the world.
Photo by Martin Pratt
Pathfinder 301B hike across frozen lava in the Kau Desert, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Photo by Tom Stein.Learn more about Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.
Ice stalagmites in a cold cave - 15 degrees.
To confuse the issue, the cave is called Twenty-three Degree Cave because of the dip of the sandstone roof. The cave is 67 miles southwest of campus.Photo by Bob Osburn.
Permian Reef Geology Trail,On a Department field trip to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX.
Photo by Randy Korotev.Learn more about Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
In the Grapevine Hills, on a Department field trip to the Big Bend National Park organized by Prof. Dymek for his "Geology of National Parks" course (EPSc118a).
Photo by Randy Korotev.Learn more about Big Bend National Park.
On our Department field trip to the Colorado Plateau in 2009, our first glimpse of the Grand Canyon was just as the sun was going down.
Photo by Randy Korotev.