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Summary

This is the view as you travel toward Anchorage, Alaska from Palmer . Pioneer Peak is to the left with Twin Peaks to the right. The "Ghost Forest" is shown in the foreground. These trees are from the subsidence that occurred in the area as a result of the w:Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 that registered greater than 9.0 on the Richter Scale.

Photo credit: Don Galligan, HDR Alaska, Inc.

Source: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/photos/36388

Licensing

Public domain This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Don Galligan . This applies worldwide.
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Don Galligan grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose , without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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