The maps above represent the same area on Earth’s surface and they show three different ways we can view landforms. The image on the far left is a clip from a topographic elevation map, the image in the middle is an infrared aerial photo, and the image on the right is the geologic interpretation of surface sediments and geomorphology. This location is interesting because it contains elements of a natural and human altered physical environment. The lake in the image, (coded blue in the topographic and geology map, and black in the infrared aerial photo) was formed by artificial damming a stream the flows through this landscape.