Lituya Bay, Alaska – Image 2110

Lituya Bay, on the western edge of Glacier Bay National Park, is the site of dramatic and deadly earthquakes and landslides. In 1958, an earthquake set off in turn a landslide, a splash that climbed 1,720, the crumbling of the face of Lituya Glacier, and a massive wave that carried three fishing boats out of the bay, killing two people. This photo is pictured on page 53 of my Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska book.-Mark Kelley