darien-l
OBS Chief
American Geophysical Union blog recently published some photos of a railway line in New Zealand deformed by an earthquake:
Although they come from a pretty reputable source, some of us have doubts about their authenticity, because the photos appear to indicate a significant lengthening of the steel rail over the same ground distance. Can the rail experts here comment on how this may be possible?
Source: http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2010/11/02/the-canterbury-earthquake-images-of-the-distorted-railway-line/
![10_10-Canterbury-1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/08b/08bb19c4b0430632d296360454b0949e.jpg)
![10_10-Canterbury-22.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/db8/db8caa4a03c834c813ff696d8fc01a8f.jpg)
Although they come from a pretty reputable source, some of us have doubts about their authenticity, because the photos appear to indicate a significant lengthening of the steel rail over the same ground distance. Can the rail experts here comment on how this may be possible?
Source: http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2010/11/02/the-canterbury-earthquake-images-of-the-distorted-railway-line/
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