Aerial view farther south along the same rupture as in the previous three photos. Here, newly formed fissures follow a ridge formed by earlier fault displacement.

The opening of a fissure formed in permafrost in the northern Totschunda fault system. This fissure is over 5 m deep and has smooth, steep walls. Icicles formed as water drained from above the permafrost.

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Aerial view of diverging ruptures in the northern Totschunda fault system.

Aerial view of a right-lateral fault connecting two extensional fissures along the northern Totschunda fault system.

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