Bryce Walters, Kelsey Brunner, JaKayla Walker,
Hannah Potter, Elena Soto, Samuel Lauda
A SCEC VDO illustration of the faults of Los Angeles.
Google Earth map showing the stops of our field trip.
Professor Dolan leads the SCEC interns infront of Griffith
Observatory, followed by Michael Ihrig and Elena Soto.
View of LA skyline as seen from Griffith Observatory.
Professor Dolan shows the interns a map for Southern
California, while interns Jakayla Walker and Brian
Anderson hold the map.
The Hollywood Sign sits atop the Hollywood Hills that
were created by the Santa Monica Fault.
View down Vine St. showing the scarp of the Hollywood Fault.
Capital Records building located by Hollywood
Blvd. that often gets destroyed in earthquake
movies.
SCEC interns stand at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine as they
listen to their guide, Professor James Dolan. (Photo: Kaitlin Welch)
Professor Dolan lectures to the SCEC interns about the
Hollywood Fault.
Professor Dolan indicates the Hollywood fault on the map
to the SCEC interns.
The view down the hill created by the Hollywood Fault
from Runyon Canyon Park.
The entrance to Lacy Park is located on Virginia Road in San
Marino, California.
Professor Dolan discusses the bend in the Raymond
Fault which resulted in Wilson Lake in the late 1800s.
In the center of Lacy Park, the grass dips into a basin that is
created by the Raymond Fault.
View from the path above JPL.
A white-colored outcrop of bedrock is visible on the San Gabriel
Mountains.
Professor James Dolan uses a shovel to try and
uncover the Sierra Madre Fault trace that was covered
during the recent landslides.
The Sierra Madre Fault is located approximately on the violet colored line. The green shows the plane of the fault
dipping at 45 degrees.
SCEC interns duck, cover and hold on practicing for the next Big One (Photo: Kaitlin Welch).