Landslide Photo Collections

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  • Debris flows and rockfall in the Glenwood Canyon area, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in 2003. The source area could be traced along a path of destruction in which falling boulders splintered trees and bushes as well as cracked and chipped rocks within the scree field as they made their way down to the highway (Photo by Colorado Dept. of Transportation).
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  • Huge boulders as large as 4 m across, came crashing down onto Interstate 70, in a section running through Glenwood Canyon (near Glenwood Springs, Colorado) (Photo by Colorado Dept. of Transportation).
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  • The damage occurred approximately 13 km East of Glenwood Springs.
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  • The median guard-rails were bent and broken on Interstate 70, in Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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  • The damage occurred at 39° 33’48.9” North latitude and 107° 14’15.5” West longitude.
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  • Damage occurred along 80 m of Interstate 70 in which parts of the shoulder were shattered.
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  • Rockfall was primarily due to detachment from vertical joint surfaces, above the Interstate 70 corridor through Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado (Photo by Coloado Dept. of Transportation).
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  • One lane of traffic on Interstate 70 in the affected section of Glenwood Canyon (near Glenwood Springs, Colorado) was reopened in each direction at 10:20 AM after the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) moved the boulders into the emergency lane (Photo by Colorado Dept. of Transportation).
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  • One car-sized boulder bounced across the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 and came to rest in the channel of the Colorado River (Photo by Colorado Dept. of Transportation).
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  • Interstate 70 through a part of Glenwood Canyon was cracked and punctured. The Colorado River appears in the background of the photo (Photo by Colorado Dept. of Transportation).
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  • The source of the boulders appeared to be about 104 m from the north shoulder of west-bound I-70 up the 43.9-degree slope.
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