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Tsunami Animation - Subduction Inundation Trough
As the Australian plate slowly pushes under the Eurasian plate, massive stresses build up in the crust. These stresses also cause the Eurasian plate to be slowly forced upwards... -
Videos and still images from TAN0713 (Eastern Australian Margin)
The Eastern Margin survey (TAN0713, GA survey #2436) to the Capel and Faust basins and Gifford Guyot was conducted on the Tangaroa between 7 October and 22 November 2007 in... -
Carbon Capture and Storage Movie
This animation has been developed by Geoscience Australia to illustrate the carbon dioxide capture, transportation and storage process. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one... -
Video - Risk analysis for a ready, safe and resilient Greater Metropolitan...
A short film about a scientific project aimed at enhancing risk analysis capacities for flood, severe wind from tropical cyclones and earthquake in the Greater Metropolitan... -
Tsunami Animation - Subduction Inundation Crest
Depending on whether the first part of a tsunami to reach the shore is a crest or a trough, it may appear as a rapidly rising or falling tide, and in some cases the tsunami may... -
Videos from SS0608 (Lord Howe Rise)
The Lord Howe Rise survey (SS0608, GA survey #2461) was conducted on the Southern Surveyor in collaboration with the University of Wollongong between 16 and 29 April 2008. The... -
Still images from Voyage Marine Science (2010/11 VMS) to Mertz Glacier Region
The Marine Science voyage (VMS) was conducted on the Aurora Australis between 4 January 2011 and 6 February 2011. The voyage incorporated oceanographic measurements along the... -
Tsunami Animation - Landslide Generation
Landslides can happen on the seafloor, just like on land. Areas of the seafloor that are steep and loaded with sediment are more prone to undersea landslides, such as the edge... -
Sentinel Hotspot Timelapse video
The Himawari-8 hotspot video represents 12 hours of observations comparing existing MODIS data with the new Himawari-8 data. A small fire starts at 9.30am. H8 catches the... -
Geomorphology and Habitats of the Lord Howe Island Shelf
Flythrough movie showing the bathymetry of the shelf surrounding Lord Howe Island (NSW), with examples of seabed habitats and biota. The bathymetric image is derived from merged... -
Data visualisation with the Oculus Rift - DK2
A short film describing the development of a prototype application for the Oculus Rift DK2 headset, to visualise subsurface geoscience data in situ. Synopsis: Visualisation and... -
Tsunami Animations Compilation Movie 2013
A compilation of short animations, describing the key processes involved in tsunami generation. -
Tsunami Animation - Volcanic Generation
Tsunamis can be produced from volcanoes in a number of ways. During a volcanic eruption, hot fast moving bodies of gas and rock (known as pyroclastic flows) can travel into the... -
Ensuring Australia's Community Safety movie
This short video summarises the value of Geoscience Australia's work to improving community resilience to natural hazards, such as fires, floods, earthquakes and cyclones. The... -
Toowoomba - 1998-2012- false colour Landsat animation
An animation of false colour (R:G:B = SWIR band, NIR band, Green band) Landsat imagery for Towoomba for the period from 1998 to 2012. The animation consists of gap-filled... -
Northern Australian Marine Invertebrate Catalogue
Between 2009-2012, Geoscience Australia conducted three surveys to Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and the Timor Sea on the R.V. Solander, in collaboration with the Australian Institute... -
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami explanatory animations and illustrations
A selection of images and short animations explaining key aspects of the 2004 Indian Ocean/ Sumatra tsunami, revised and issued for release to the media and other interested... -
The Carpentaria Reefs: A New Coral Reef Province for Australia
This movie describes the main findings of two Geoscience Australia surveys to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 2003 (survey 238) and 2005 (survey 276). The story relates to the... -
Mapping the deep ocean: Geoscience Australia and the search for MH370
A short film describing the processes of bathymetric mapping and side scan sonar, used to gather data within the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.... -
Building Australia's Resource Wealth movie
This short video summarises the value of Geoscience Australia's work to the discovery, development and export of Australia's mineral and energy commodities. The video is from a...