
ALT OpenTopography topographic differencing with NOAA lidar shows how the Earth’s surface changed from 2010-2014. The left image shows a lidar hillshade. In the right image, the difference between the 2010 and 2014 datasets is shown. Red indicates where the land surface moved down or was eroded. Blue shows where the land surface moved up or where material was deposited. Topographic analysis of these older lidar datasets indicates that landslide activity has been persistent in this area for decades.

ALT ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration graduate student Joseph Powell in front of the San Andreas fault exposed in a canyon wall. The fault here is marked by white and grey rocks that are highly altered and damaged in the fault zone in up against reddish-brown sediments adjacent to the fault zone. A subtle topographic scarp (the change in slope behind the bush at the top of the fault zone) continues out of view.


































