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Image: State Highway 287 slumped into Hebgen Lake

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Description: 1959 Yellowstone earthquake. State Highway 287 slumped into Hebgen Lake; damage from the August 1959 Hebgen Lake (Montana-Yellowstone) earthquake. The main residence of Hilgard Lodge is almost completely submerged in the lake. View to the northeast.
Title: State Highway 287 slumped into Hebgen Lake
Credit: USGS Photographic Library - ID. Witkind, I.J. 84ct (Direct link)
Author: I.J. Witkind.
Permission: PD-USGOV-INTERIOR-USGS.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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