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Acquired June 7, 2011, these images provide natural- and false-color views of the Fourmile Canyon burn scar west of Boulder, Colorado. Runoff over this burn scar caused flooding a month later.
Published Jul 31, 2011
Big Thompson Canyon in northern Colorado is the site of the state’s worst natural disaster—a 1976 flash flood that killed 144 people.
Published Apr 29, 2010
Sitting at the base of two canyons, Lyons, Colorado was among the communities most impacted by flooding in September.
Published Sep 30, 2013
Parts of the Glen Canyon that John Wesley Powell explored in 1869 have been submerged by Lake Powell.
Published Oct 16, 2016
This natural-color image of Hells Canyon was captured by NASA’s Landsat-7 satellite on September 19, 2002. The image shows the northern part of the canyon, where the Imnaha River joins the Snake River.
Published Mar 8, 2009
This spectacularly detailed Ikonos satellite image from July 7, 2003, could almost be mistaken for an aerial photo. Rainbow Bridge is at the upper right of the scene, casting its shadow on the rugged canyon below.
Published Aug 6, 2004
