For Immediate Release Contact: Nancy O'Shea (312) 665-7100 (For Media Use Only) Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters (Exhibition opens on Friday, May 23, 2008 ) Exhibition At A Glance (Fact Sheet) Discover the Power of Earth's Forces (Main Press Release) Nature Unleashed Walk-Through Nature Unleashed Public Programs Nature Unleashed Fast Facts Papua New Guinea: Living in the Ring of Fire Nature Unleashed Sponsor Letter Download Images To download a 300 dpi jpg image directly to your computer, click on the thumbnail images below. Caption information for all images can be downloaded in PDF format below. Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters photo captions Crushed Car A collapsed house crushed a car in the Marina District of San Francisco, one of the areas worst hit by an earthquake estimated at 6.9 on the Richter scale that rocked California on October 17, 1989. © Adam Teitelbaum/AFP/Getty Images Mount St. Helens Eruption The eruption of Mount St. Helens on July 22, 1980, showing an elutriate cloud from pyroclastic flow rising through cloud layer. © USGS; Photo by Jim Vallance Hurricane Dean In August of 2007 Hurricane Dean pummeled the waterfront boulevard in downtown Kingston, Jamaica, with strong winds and torrential rains. © Andres Leighton/AP Photo Tornado from Distance The first tornado captured by the National Severe Storms Laboratory Doppler radar and NSSL chase personnel. This tornado was located outside of Union City, Oklahoma, May 24, 1973. © NOAA Photo Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) For additional images, contact the press office at (312) 665-7100 or media@fieldmuseum.org.