The Desert Laboratory Repeat Photography Collection - An Invaluable Archive Documenting Landscape Change
Fact Sheet
2007-3046
By: Robert H. Webb, Diane E. Boyer, Raymond M. Turner, and Stephen H. Bullock
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Abstract
The Desert Laboratory Repeat Photography Collection, the largest collection of its kind in the world, is housed at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Tucson, Arizona. The collection preserves thousands of photos taken precisely in the same places but at different times. This archive of 'repeat photographs' documents changes in the desert landscape and vegetation of the American Southwest, and also includes images from northwestern Mexico and Kenya. These images are an invaluable asset to help understand the effects of climate variation and land-use practices on arid and semiarid environments.
Suggested Citation
Webb, R., Boyer, D.E., Turner, R., and Bullock, S.H., 2007, The Desert Laboratory Repeat Photography Collection - An Invaluable Archive Documenting Landscape Change (Version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3046, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20073046.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | The Desert Laboratory Repeat Photography Collection - An Invaluable Archive Documenting Landscape Change |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2007-3046 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20073046 |
| Edition | Version 1.0 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | Arizona Water Science Center, National Research Program |
| Description | 4 p. |