AZGS | Visualizing Geology

Visualizing Geology | Images, sounds, and video featuring geologic phenomenon, processes, and places in Arizona

"The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers...language and illustration combined must fail."

- John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)

Maybe Powell was right. Maybe the native beauty that is Arizona’s cannot be fully represented in language or the graphic arts. But the AZGS endeavors to make the geologic processes that shaped this land more palatable to its citizens via a collection of images, sounds, and video.

On this page you'll find videos of flash floods, volcanic eruptions, debris flows, and earth fissures, as well as images of the spectacular landforms that ensue from these and other geologic processes.

We hope you enjoy them and learn from them!
Mike Conway
Chief, Geologic Extension Service

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Featured Videos

The Troy L. Péwé Video Collection. The late Troy L. Péwé, Ph.D., taught at ASU for 34 years. His professional interests included environmental geology, reflected in this collection, permafrost, and the Grand Canyon. View

Flash Flood in Gibbon Canyon on July 31, 2006 at 6 AM. in Tucson, AZ. Contributed by Bruce Ernst. View

The Arizona Geological Survey. Interview segments with Dr. Lee Allison on Access Tucson television show called the Government Connection from 11.14.07. View

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Featured Photography

The 54th Tucson Gem & Mineral Show 2008. Feb 14-17, 2008. Some quick photos of the main mineral exhibit at the Tucson Convention Center and of the AZGS information booth. By AZGS web developer Dominique Villela.

Winter in Tucson, Arizona at Saguaro National Monument East on Jan. 22, 2007. Photos by AZGS geologist Joe Cook.

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Featured Sounds

Geologic sound clips coming soon! Please check back for updates.

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