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![[Man holding large camera photographing a cataclysmic event, possibly a volcano erupting]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvbWFuLWhvbGRpbmctbGFyZ2UtY2FtZXJhLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhpbmctYS1jYXRhY2x5c21pYy1ldmVudC1wb3NzaWJseS1hLXZvbGNhbm8tMGEyNDhkLTEwMjQuanBn/320/255/jpg "[Man holding large camera photographing a cataclysmic event, possibly a volcano erupting]")
![[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvcGFub3JhbWljLXZpZXctb2YtdGhlLWFmdGVybWF0aC1vZi10aGUtc2FuLWZyYW5jaXNjby1lYXJ0aHF1YWtlLWFuZC1maXJlLXNob3dpbmctNGY0Y2QwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]")
![Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash.: [Man reacing toward top of huge fir log]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvY2FzY2FkZS1tb3VudGFpbnMtbmVhci1zZWF0dGxlLXdhc2gtbWFuLXJlYWNpbmctdG93YXJkLXRvcC1vZi1odWdlLWZpci1sb2ctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash.: [Man reacing toward top of huge fir log]")
![[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvc3BlY3RhdG9ycy1zaXR0aW5nLW9uLWhpbGxzaWRlLXdhdGNoaW5nLWZpcmVzLWNvbnN1bWUtdGhlLWNpdHktYWZ0ZXItdGhlLTE5MDYtMS02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]")
![[The summit of Castle Peak, 10,000 feet altitude. An extinct volcano near Donner Pass - Central Pacific Railroad]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXN1bW1pdC1vZi1jYXN0bGUtcGVhay0xMDAwMC1mZWV0LWFsdGl0dWRlLWFuLWV4dGluY3Qtdm9sY2Fuby1uZWFyLWRvbm5lci02NDAuanBn/40/35/webp "[The summit of Castle Peak, 10,000 feet altitude. An extinct volcano near Donner Pass - Central Pacific Railroad]")
