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Mount St. Helens erupting.

Jim Vallance © United States Geological Survey

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Nature Unleashed

Inside Natural Disasters

September 28, 2012 – May 5, 2013

Nature Unleashed explores the dramatic power of Earth's forces.

This exhibition, from The Field Museum in Chicago, U.S.A., examines the powerful natural phenomena of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and tornadoes.

Satellite image showing the circling cloud of Hurricane Katrina over the Gulf of Mexico.

© National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Satellite image of Hurricane Katrina at 10:55 am on August 30, 2005. Hurricanes are among the natural disasters featured in the exhibition Nature Unleashed.

A twisted stop sign and a bent fan on display in front of photographs of where they were found.

© The Field Museum

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A stop sign and fan damaged during a tornado demonstrate the impact of wild weather in Nature Unleashed.

Tornado in Oklahoma, U.S.A.

© NOAA Photo Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

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The first tornado captured by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Doppler radar and NSSL chase personnel, 1973.