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Death Valley National Park, California. Tubular orifices in the fine sediments at Salt Springs near the north side of Borax Camp allow discharge of water to the valley floor. Light areas are accumulations of salts from previous discharges. Circa 1960. Figure 10, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 494-B.
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Album caption: General view of canyon wall near Camp Wylie. Red Kanab sandstone below and white Colob sandstone above. Utah.
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Album caption: Kanab sandstone. Walls about 2000 feet. Zion Canyon. Utah. Index card: Canyon walls 2,000 feet high. Zion National Park.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Silhouette view of the gorge that separates Liberty Cap from the Nevada Fall platform. This gorge was, at one time, the channel of the Merced River and still carries off some of the flood waters in spring. The trail to the top of the Nevada Fall is laid through it. Circa 1913.
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Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Devils Kitchen, looking north from a ridge in the middle of No Thoroughfare Canyon. An erosional remnant of the Wingate Sandstone capped by the lowermost sandstone of the Kayenta Formation. Photograph by T.F. Giles, December 15, 1978. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1508. Figure 57.
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North Cascades National Park, Washington. Glaciers at the head of Luna Creek in Picket Range. This complex of ice patches illustrates the difficulty of counting and classifying individual glaciers. A glacier fed by ice avalanches ends in Luna Lake on the left. Avalanches from the large irregular hanging glacier that clings to the cliffs feed the debris-covered ice upslope from another lake (foreground, right center). A small ice patch fed by snow avalanches lies at the base of the cliffs in right center. September 27, 1960. Plate 3-D, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 705-A. 1971.
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Album caption: Cape Hatteras. Oblique aerial view showing beach nourishment activity. Dare County, North Carolina. 1974. Portion published as figure 51-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1177-B (1986). Notes on album caption: None. Index card: Dolan, R. 31 - Cape Hatteras. Oblique aerial view showing artifical beach nourishment. Lighthouse visible in background. The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Dare County, North Carolina, 1974. Published as figure 51-B in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1177-B (1986), The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Description of Figure 51B, page 30, in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1177-B (1986): ..."artifical beach nourishment has long been considered...
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Album caption: The rim of Crater Lake (Castle Crest, and Vidae Peak) seen from the hill by the road near the point where it crosses Pole Bridge Creek. Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County, Oregon. n.d. Index card: Castle Crest and Vidae Peak, rim of Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.
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Album caption: Near damsite No. 1 in Marble Canyon at mile 28.6, the walls are sheer from the water's edge. Dr. R.C. Moore holding the rod. 8-7-23. E.C.L. Handwritten notes on album caption: Coconino County, Arizona. Index card: Near damsite No. 1 in Marble Canyon at mile 28.6, the walls are sheer from the water's edge. Dr. R.C. Moore holding the rod. Coconino County, Arizona. August 7, 1923.
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Album caption: Narrow gorge of Havasu Creek. 9-13-23. E.C.L. Index card: Narrow gorge of Havasu Creek. Grand Canyon National Park. Coconino County, Arizona. September 13, 1923.
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Figure caption: Mud pots located on the southern flank of Pocket Basin. Pools of violently boiling muddy water, which are more common in the spring and early summer at Pocket Basin. Yellowstone National Park. No index card. Published as Figure 21-C in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 2099. 1994.
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Album caption: Temple of the Holy Grail (formerly Bass Tomb). [Grand Canyon National Park] Coconino County, Arizona. October 15, 1901. Index card unavailable.
map background search result map search result map Beach nourishment activity, Cape Hatteras, Dare County, North Carolina. 1974. Death Valley National Park, California. Tubular orifices in the fine sediments at Salt Springs near the north side of Borax Camp allow discharge of water to the valley floor. Circa 1960. Narrow gorge of Havasu Creek. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1923. Kanab sandstone, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park. Utah. No Date. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Devils Kitchen, looking north from a ridge in the middle of No Thoroughfare Canyon. 1978. Glaciers at the head of Luna Creek in Picket Range. North Cascades National Park, Washington. 1960. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. "Dead ice" east of nunatak, east side of Muir Glacier. 1936. Big rock slide off Tennessee Highway 73. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee. 1955. Drawing of geologic structure east-west across the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. No date. Whitmore Wash - lava flows cascading over the east wall of Supai Cliff. Grand Canyon National Park, Mohave County, Arizona. 1967. The rim of Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County, Oregon. No date. Temple of the Holy Grail. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1901. Near damsite No. 1 in Marble Canyon at mile 28.6. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1923. L.B. Lint landing in an eddy at lower end of rapid. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1923. Pools of violently boiling muddy water, mud pots located on the southern flank of Pocket Basin. Yellowstone National Park. Railroad bridge at Talkeetna. Talkeetna district, Cook Inlet region, Alaska. 1919. Mount McKinley from near head of Copper Mountain Bar. Kantishna district, Yukon region, Alaska. 1931. Colorado National Monument, Colorado. Devils Kitchen, looking north from a ridge in the middle of No Thoroughfare Canyon. 1978. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. "Dead ice" east of nunatak, east side of Muir Glacier. 1936. Kanab sandstone, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park. Utah. No Date. Beach nourishment activity, Cape Hatteras, Dare County, North Carolina. 1974. Big rock slide off Tennessee Highway 73. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee. 1955. Glaciers at the head of Luna Creek in Picket Range. North Cascades National Park, Washington. 1960. Pools of violently boiling muddy water, mud pots located on the southern flank of Pocket Basin. Yellowstone National Park. Temple of the Holy Grail. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 1901. The rim of Crater Lake. Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County, Oregon. No date. Death Valley National Park, California. Tubular orifices in the fine sediments at Salt Springs near the north side of Borax Camp allow discharge of water to the valley floor. Circa 1960. Mount McKinley from near head of Copper Mountain Bar. Kantishna district, Yukon region, Alaska. 1931. Whitmore Wash - lava flows cascading over the east wall of Supai Cliff. Grand Canyon National Park, Mohave County, Arizona. 1967. Narrow gorge of Havasu Creek. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1923. Near damsite No. 1 in Marble Canyon at mile 28.6. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1923. L.B. Lint landing in an eddy at lower end of rapid. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1923. Railroad bridge at Talkeetna. Talkeetna district, Cook Inlet region, Alaska. 1919. Drawing of geologic structure east-west across the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. No date.