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Collapse pits at Kasilof, Tsutemena District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964.

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1964

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Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. Collapse pits at Kasilof formed after eruptions of ground water and sand. Pit in the foreground is about 3 feet in diameter. Erupted sand covers the ground. A large crack extends from the pits in the middle background. Kasilof, Tsutemena District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964. Photo by Helen L. Foster, 1964. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 543-F, Figure 15, p.F14. 1967.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Foster, Helen L.

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Image located in the U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection subject album "Alaska Earthquake, Volume 3, March 27, 1964", no.194.

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name photoLibrary ake00194
number photoLibrary 152
batch photoLibrary batch74
number_in_book photoLibrary 194

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