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The KeckCAVES provides an intellectual and computational framework for the visual exploration, manipulation, and creation of data and models. We develop and use visualization tools to gain insights into problems that are difficult to address using other techniques.

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  + [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j9JXtTj0mzE] {:sandbox.jpg} KeckCAVES scientists Oliver Kreylos, Burak Yikilmaz and Peter Gold have developed an augmented reality sandbox as part of a //[[http://lakeviz.org|project]]// exploring how to use informal science education to increase awareness about lake basins.
  + [http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10143] {:cover_image_merge2_small.jpg} Prof. Mike Oskin led the first study comparing pre- and post-event lidar scans to detect near-field deformation from the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake rupture in northern Mexico as reported in the Feb. 10 issue of the journal //[[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6069/702|Science]]//.
  + [:research:crustamars] {:research:crustamarsgale.jpg} Prof. Dawn Sumner helped evaluate landing sites for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission using Crusta.  Future software development will include integration of orbital and rover data into a single 3D model of the landing site and field area.
  + [:research:microbialites] {:research:ljmicrobialites.jpg} KeckCAVES researchers are exploring ways to compare the morphology of modern and ancient microbialites to understand how microbial processes affect morphology. 
  + [http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9938] {:geothermal.jpg} UCD Geology students won 1st place at a national DOE geothermal energy competition with a 3DVisualizer project integrating diverse data types.