Natural-Disasters

Natural-Disasters

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center - Earthshots

Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada
Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada

One of the world’s largest reserves of oil sits under the boreal fores...

Cougar Creek Fire, Washington, USA
Cougar Creek Fire, Washington, USA

Wildland fires can leave behind scorched mountainsides with no trees o...

Hailstorm at EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Hailstorm at EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, USA

These images show the location of the USGS Earth Resources Observation...

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most intense and costliest hurricanes...

Illinois/Indiana, USA
Illinois/Indiana, USA

These three Landsat 5 images show several rivers in southern Illinois ...

Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA
Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA

In 2018, Hawaii was in the news as fresh lava covered 13.7 square mile...

Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
Mount Pinatubo, Philippines

Mount Pinatubo had likely been dormant for hundreds of years. There ha...

Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens

These images show the area around Mount St. Helens, in southwestern Wa...

Siren, Wisconsin, USA
Siren, Wisconsin, USA

This Earthshots page looks at the northwestern corner of Wisconsin, in...

Yellowstone National Park, USA
Yellowstone National Park, USA

The summer of 1988 was unusually dry in the western United States. Dry...