File:Lituya Bay rockslide 1.jpg
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English: The cliff on the northeast wall of Gilbert Inlet showing the scar of the 40 million cubic yard (30.6 million cubic meters) rockslide that occurred on the day before this photo. The head of the slide was at an altitude of about 3,000 feet (914 meters), just below snowfield in upper center. The elevation of water in Lituya Bay is sea level. The front of Lituya Glacier is visible in the lower left corner. Photo by D.J. Miller, United States Geological Survey. |
| Date | Summer 1958 |
| Source | USGS via http://geology.com/records/biggest-tsunami.shtml |
| Author | D.J. Miller, United States Geological Survey |
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