Landslide Photo Collections

Searchable USGS Photo and Multimedia Archive with Ordering Information

  • September 22, 2001 rock fall at the Mississippi Palisades State Park Mud Wall climbing/repelling area, near Savanna Illinois. This photo shows the breakaway point high up on wall and large blocks in parking lot. (Photo by Rober Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey.)
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  • 2001 rockfall at the Mississippi Palisades State Park Mud Wall climbing/repelling area, near Savanna Illinois. (Photo by Rober Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey.)
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  • Photo of location where blocks broke away from area below overhand and joint face on left - Mississippi Palisades State Park rockfall of 2001. (Photo by Robert Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey.)
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  • Rock slump failures along cliffs 2 miles north of Savanna along State Route 84. (Photo from Illinois State Geological Survey Collection.)
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  • Grafton, Illinois landslide, April, 2008. The bench where the slump occurred is part way up the entire slope at the base of the cliff in the photos. Bench has a road on an embankment which contains a retention/detention pond. The slope was also clear cut inthe past under the power lines that run straight up the slope. (Photo by Robert Bauer, Illinois State Geological Survey.)
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