A seafoam green river stretches from the top left to the lower center right. The river appears to be completely blocked by a mass of light brown land in it's path and cuts into the otherwise green landscape on that side of the river.

Landslide Dams the Chilcotin River

Debris from a landslide in British Columbia blocked the river’s flow for several days before water found a way through. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/Wanmei Liang