Nuclear Landscapes: Fault Zone
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The U.S. Geological Survey made a perpendicular cut into a fault zone that runs north to south in the valley floor at Yucca Flat. The orange lines were painted in the dirt to measure the shift of alluvial deposits resulting from nuclear testing. The breaks in the line reflect the degree of the fault shift. [Taken from the book Nuclear Landscapes, by Peter Goin.]
Photograph courtesy of Peter Goin.