Montana's Earth Science Pictures (MESPOWs)

This resource is the creation of Rod Benson, a high school science teacher (retired). To download/print a copy of the MESPOW worksheet, CLICK HERE.

1. Strip mine near Colstrip
2. Squall Line Sweeps Through Montana
3. Watershed of the Yellowstone River
4. Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park
5. Oceanfront Property in Montana
6. Mazama Ash Near Helena
7. Honey Car in Butte
8. Chalk Cliffs in Central Montana
9. A Meteor Among Circumpolar Stars
10. Recessional Moraines Near Canadian Border
11. The Cliffs of Crown Butte
12. Ice Age Changes Path of the Missouri River
13. East Helena Superfund Site
14. Precipitation Map of Montana
15. Madison Canyon Landslide
16. Lateral Moraine North of Missoula
17. White Cliffs of the Missouri
18. Temperature Inversion in the Helena Valley
19. Why the Days Are So Short in December?
20. Stromatolites Near Continental Divide
21. Sludge Injector Truck Fertilizes Fields
22. Mines in Little Rockies Are Visible From Space
23. Jet Stream Delivers Balloon Bombs During WWII
24. How Glaciers Helped Form Flathead Lake
25. Igneous Dome in North-Central Montana
26. Huge Iron Concretions in front of the Metra
27. Milltown Dam Removal
28. Montana Wind Energy Resources
29. Meltdown in Glacier Park
30. An Oxbow Lake on the Hi-Line
31. The Berkeley Pit in Butte
32. A Septic Tank Near Montana City
33. Shorelines of Glacial Lake Missoula
34. Pedestal Rock Along White Cliffs Area of Missouri River
35. Giant Springs: An Artesian Situation
36. The Oldest Rocks Are In Western Montana
37. Tillite Found Among Pile of Erratics in North-Central Montana
38. Antacid Used at Old Works Golf Course
39. Logan Pass on the Continental Divde in Glacier Park
40. Evidence of Volcanism and Glaciation Along the Hi-Line
41. Weather Balloon Launch from Great Falls
42. Pollen Provides Clues About Past Climates
43. Shape of Land to Blame for Livingston's Strong Winds
44. Lead Bullets Poison Eagles
45. 1935 Earthquakes Destroy Helena High School
46. Coalbed Methane Controversy
47. Counterclockwise Flow Around a Mid-Latitude Low
48. D-Day Moon
49. Carpenter Kicks 53-Yard Field Goal
50. Limestone Wall Surrounds Little Rockies
51. Layers of Sediment from Glacial Lake Great Falls
52. The Northern Lights
53. Chief Mountain
54. Storm Drains Are Not For Waste Disposal
55. Can you name these Montana rivers?
56. The K/T Boundary Near Jordan
57. Death By Dust In Libby
58. SNOTEL Sites Measure Snow In Remote Areas
59. Slag Piles In East Helena
60. Dinosaur Discoveries Near Choteau
61. What causes the Chinook winds?
62. Canyon Ferry Dam on the Missouri River
63. Satellite View of Montana at Night
64. Jupiter and some of its moons
65. Which town has the coldest winters?
66. Aerial View Of A Fault Scarp Near Helena
67. Decision Point for Lewis and Clark
68. An Alluvial Fan Near Ennis
69. Floodwaters Surrounded Glasgow in 1952
70. Goatlick Provides Minerals For Goats in Glacier Park
71. Where To Find Igneous Rocks In Montana
72. Radar Image Shows Tornado South of Malta
73. The Principle of Crosscutting Relationships
74. Glacial Striations on the Ft. Belknap Reservation
75. Marlin, the Meteorite Man in Malta, Montana
76. The Belt Meteor Crater
77. Glacial Trough South of Red Lodge
78. Mountains of Conglomerate in Southern Montana
79. Evaporation to Blame for Downbursts
80. Geysers in Billings? Rhinos in Nebraska?
81. Fata Morgana (mirage) from the CDT
82. The Great Falls of the Missouri
83. Grasshopper Glacier North of Yellowstone Park
84. Saline Seep Ruins Farmland
85. High Pressure to Blame for Dry Month in Montana
86. Lime Kilns Provided Mortar for Construction of the Capitol
87. The Best-Preserved Dinosaur Fossil in the World
88. Montana Counties Were Fallout Hot Spots During Cold War
89. Through the Guts of an Ancient Volcano
90. Glacier Park's Key Bed
91. Rock Flour Needed to Make Glacial Milk in Cracker Lake
92. The Madison Limestone: Montana's Rock of Ages
93. Great slabs of rock in the Belt Supergroup
94. Where cement comes from
95. Shatter cones from an ancient asteroid impact
96. Under Construction
97. Wind Generators in Central Montana
98. Chalk Buttes in south-eastern Montana
99. Lewis and Clark Pass on the Continental Divide
100. Drumlin Field Resembles Tadpoles
101. Kettle Lake near Plentywood
102. Native Americans Preferred Quartzite for Boiling Stones
103. Radiocarbon Dating Provides Clues about Montana's First People
104. Ice Caves of Montana
105. Ringing Rocks of Montana
106. Smith Mine Disaster in 1943
107. Ancient Ash in the Missouri Breaks of Central Montana
108. Ancient Waterfalls Associated With Glacial Lake Great Falls
109. Tornado Wipes Out Ranch, Kills Two
110. Salinity of Surface Water in Earth's Oceans
111. Paleoecology Lab at Montana State University
112. Lone Peak Rock Glacier at Big Sky Ski Area
113. Fire, Floods Trigger Mass Wasting in Gates of the Mountains
114. Hail Damage Path Visible from Space
115. Snake Butte, A Hi-Line Landmark
116. Microburst Flattens Trees North of Butte
117. Dike Cuts Through Eagle Sandstone
118. Thin-Skinned Thrust Faulting Along the Rocky Mountain Front
119. Bakken Oil Field Visible from Space
120. Helena's Troubled Watershed
121. Gneiss in the Spanish Peaks
122. Shonkin Sag Laccoltith
123. Grinnell Glacier Moraine
124. Scapegoat Mountain
125. Bighorn Canyon in Southeastern Montana
126. Chinook Arch over Helena
127. Marble Formed by Contact Metamorphism
128. Strange Flow of Rocks - A Rock Glacier beneath Mt. Powell
129. Fascinating Geology of Ear Mountain
130. Kelvin-Helmholtz Clouds Over Helena