MAKE A MEME View Large Image The photograph shows a spider unit, which is being used to help study the landslide that occurred in northwest Washington on March 22, 2014. Spiders are portable instrumentation packages that contain high-precision GPS units for detecting ...
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Keywords: outdoor grass plant The photograph shows a spider unit, which is being used to help study the landslide that occurred in northwest Washington on March 22, 2014. Spiders are portable instrumentation packages that contain high-precision GPS units for detecting landslide movement as well as geophones for detecting small vibrations. The spiders can be emplaced by hovering helicopters. Data from the spider units are transmitted by radio to USGS computers and made available to the monitoring team. Location: Oso, WA, USA Date Taken: 04/01/2014 Photographer: Jonathan Godt , U.S. Geological Survey Read a story online about the landslide in Washington on March 22, 2014 at on.doi.gov/OsoLandslide The photograph shows a spider unit, which is being used to help study the landslide that occurred in northwest Washington on March 22, 2014. Spiders are portable instrumentation packages that contain high-precision GPS units for detecting landslide movement as well as geophones for detecting small vibrations. The spiders can be emplaced by hovering helicopters. Data from the spider units are transmitted by radio to USGS computers and made available to the monitoring team. Location: Oso, WA, USA Date Taken: 04/01/2014 Photographer: Jonathan Godt , U.S. Geological Survey Read a story online about the landslide in Washington on March 22, 2014 at on.doi.gov/OsoLandslide
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