Image Gallery

December 2013: Nisqually Glacier and River on Mount Rainier

Picture of the Nisqually River and Glacier taken from the Nisqually River Bridge in Mount Rainier National Park (2007). Image courtesy of Dave Norman (DNR).
Picture of the Nisqually River and Glacier taken from the Nisqually River Bridge in Mount Rainier National Park (2007). Image courtesy of Dave Norman (DNR).

November 2013: Exploratory Geothermal Well Logging, Snohomish County WA

Pictured are geothermal geologist Jeff Bowman (DNR) and Adam Lewis (Snohomish Co. PUD) logging an exploration well for temperature gradient. Image courtesy of Jeff Bowman (DNR).
Pictured are geothermal geologist Jeff Bowman (DNR) and Adam Lewis (Snohomish Co. PUD) logging an exploration well for temperature gradient. Image courtesy of Jeff Bowman (DNR).

October 2013: Glacier Peak, Snohomish County WA

Glacier Peak as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail, September 2013. Image courtesy of J. Eric Schuster.
Glacier Peak as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail, September 2013. This image shows the west side of Glacier Peak (elev. 10541 ft.), a young stratovolcano located in the Cascade Range, eastern Snohomish County, Washington. Prominent glaciers are the slightly curved Scimitar Glacier, in the center of the photo, and the Kennedy Glacier, to the left. Image courtesy of Tim Olson and J. Eric Schuster.

September 2013: Angular Unconformity at Beach 4, Olympic National Park.

Angular unconformity in the rocks at Beach 4 in the Olympic National Park, Jefferson County, WA. Courtesy of Dave Norman, DNR.
Angular unconformity in the rocks at Beach 4 in the Olympic National Park, Jefferson County, WA. Image courtesy of Dave Norman, DNR.

August 2013: Hood Canal from Toandos Peninsula

This photo was taken from the southern end of the Toandos Peninsula looking south down Hood Canal, to the southeast is the Kitsap Peninsula and the community of Seabeck. To the southwest is the Olympic Mountains with the community of Brinnon. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Legorretta Paulin and Trevor Contreras.
This photo was taken from the southern end of the Toandos Peninsula looking south down Hood Canal, to the southeast is the Kitsap Peninsula and the community of Seabeck. To the southwest are the Olympic Mountains with the community of Brinnon. Image courtesy of Gabriel Legorretta Paulin and Trevor Contreras.

July 2013: Ghost Forest near Copalis Beach, Grays Harbor County

These ghostly trees near Copalis Beach helped geologists to reconstruct the events of the Cascadia M9 subduction earthquake over 300 years ago.
These ghostly trees near Copalis Beach helped geologists to reconstruct the events of the last Cascadia M9 subduction earthquake over 300 years ago. Image courtesy of Michael Polenz.

June 2013:Columnar Dacite Along Sunrise Road, Mount Rainier National Park

This outcrop of columnar dacite in the Burroughs Mountain Lava Flow on the northeastern flank of Mount Rainier is exposed along Sunrise Road. Image courtesy of David K. Norman.
This outcrop of columnar dacite in the Burroughs Mountain Lava Flow on the northeastern flank of Mount Rainier is exposed along Sunrise Road. Image courtesy of David K. Norman.

May 2013: Mount St. Helens, WA

Mount St. Helens captured from the Pumice Plain near Spirit Lake in September 2012. Photo courtesy of Pete Stelling, Western Washington University.
Mount St. Helens captured from the Pumice Plain near Spirit Lake in September 2012. Photo courtesy of Pete Stelling, Western Washington University.

April 2013: Ledgewood-Bonair Landslide, Whidbey Island, WA

A view of the Ledgewood-Bonair Landslide event that occurred on Whidbey Island, WA on March 27, 2013. Courtesy of Isabelle Sarikhan & Stephen Slaughter, DGER (DNR).
A view of the Ledgewood-Bonair Landslide that occurred on March 27, 2013 on Whidbey Island, WA. Courtesy of Isabelle Sarikhan & Stephen Slaughter, DGER (DNR).

March 2013: Echo Bay, Sucia Island, San Juan County, WA

Eocene continental sedimentary deposit of the Chuckanut formation. Courtesy of David Jeschke.
Eocene continental sedimentary deposit of the Chuckanut formation. Courtesy of David Jeschke.

February 2013: Dry Falls, Grant County, WA

Dry Falls, courtesy of Rian Skov. This impressive landform was carved through multiple Ice Age flooding events 18,000-12,000 years ago.
Dry Falls, courtesy of Rian Skov. This impressive landform was carved by multiple Ice Age flooding events 18,000-12,000 years ago.

January 2013: Reclaimed Mine Site, Rock Island, WA.

Surface Mining Geologist, Bryan Garcia visits a reclaimed mine site in Rock Island, located to the southeast of Wenatchee.
Surface Mining Geologist Bryan Garcia visits a reclaimed mine site in Rock Island WA, located to the southeast of Wenatchee. Photo courtesy of Bryan Garcia and Coire McCabe; taken in December 2012.

December 2012: Mount Rainier as seen from the Pacific Crest Trail.

Mount Rainier from the Pacific Crest Trail was taken by Washington State Geological Survey geologist, J. Eric Schuster, while hiking the trail in September, 2011.
Mount Rainier from the Pacific Crest Trail was taken by Washington State Geological Survey geologist, J. Eric Schuster, while hiking the trail in September, 2011.

November 2012: Faulted and folded sediments on the east shore of Dabob Bay, Seabeck quadrangle.

Outcrop of faulted and folded sediments on the east shore of Dabob Bay. The sediment is thought to be about 100,000 years old, suggesting the faulting is geologically young. The fault planes parallel a magnetic field anomaly that runs through the bay, suggesting this structure is likely fault related. The measured fault planes generally strike north 30 degrees west and dip to the NE 28 degrees. Courtesy of Trevor Contreras.

October 2012: Archive image of Mount St Helens eruption.

Eruption at Mount St Helens from WADNR DGER archive.