File:Earthquake Lake (Madison County, Montana, USA) 13 (45703423664).jpg
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As the name suggests, this body of water formed after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Montana-northwestern Wyoming region decades ago. The Hebgen Lake Earthquake occurred at 11:37 PM on 17 August 1959. Shaking triggered a large landslide that blocked the Madison River, forming a lake that was dubbed "Earthquake Lake". Its current appearance is only semi-natural. Not long after the landslide occurred, anthropogenic excavation and rock removal occurred to restore some flow to the Madison River, which lowered lake levels. Many still-standing trees are in the lake. They were part of a riverine conifer forest before the earthquake and landslide. After six decades, the wood still has not decayed (take that young-earth creationists!). Locality: view from Route 287, southeastern Madison County, southwestern Montana, USA |
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| Author | James St. John |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/45703423664 (archive). It was reviewed on 28 January 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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| current | 02:30, 28 January 2020 | | 3,855 × 1,656 (4.39 MB) | wikimediacommons>Ser Amantio di Nicolao | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
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