The Forensics of a Skyscraper-Sized Tsunami

This aerial photo shows the north side of Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord in the aftermath of the 2025 landslide and tsunami. The lighter-colored rock is the exposed surface, where the mountainside collapsed and fell into the water. The foot of South Sawyer Glacier is visible at lower right; in decades past, the ice extended much farther and was thick enough to hold the rock slopes in place. Credit: Cyrus Read/U.S. Geological Survey