NSF-sponsored LiDAR and Surface Processes White Paper, published April 2009
Scientific American article on airborne LiDAR with some of our imagery
Oregon Geology magazine (formerly The Ore Bin): online archive of all issues since 1939
Aaron Koblin: Amazing scientific visualizations
NCALM: National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping...LiDAR data!!
NASA WorldWind: a Google Earth-like tool, but with USGS topo maps (all scales) and 1-m black/white air photos for the entire USA
USGS seamless server: topo data and more
Whitebox: Powerful hydrologic and topographic analysis software that's easy to use and free
Stanford Spatial History Project: More cool scientific visualizations
Aaron Gleeman: Minnesota Twins blog