File:Lituya Bay rockslide 2.jpg

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English: Photo looking down the Fairweather Fault Trench at the head of Lituya Bay. The front of Lituya Glacier with lateral and medial moraines is seen terminating in Gilbert Inlet. The cliff where the rockslide originated is on the right side of Gilbert Inlet. The opposite valley wall on the left side of Gilbert Inlet received the full force of the big wave, stripping it of soil and trees. Photo by D.J. Miller, United States Geological Survey.
Date Summer 1958
date QS:P,+1958-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40720564
Source USGS via [1]
Author D.J. Miller, United States Geological Survey

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