Video sources and context

Ongoing Seattle-area research. Project article dated June 5, 2026; source film July 14, 2026; related study July 29, 2026. Field images are archive project material, not a newly filmed October event.

Video: Nandita Kohli / U.S. Geological Survey. Photograph: Chloe Pak / USGS. Both exact assets are marked public domain. No government endorsement implied.

Bennett Blackwood is a fictional AI presenter and narrator. Source photographs, footage and recorded human interviews are real. No added music; the original source soundtrack appears only within the interview excerpt.

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