Dan Coe’s vivid interpretations of high-resolution elevation data are a testimony that science and art aren’t two separate domains after all. In this ongoing series he uses open-source Lidar models to illustrate the evolution of rivers and deltas, as Lidar not only shows the current course of these waterways but also allows us to see their former paths.
More on his website or Flickr where you can download the high-res versions of his river artworks.
This website is a great resource on how LIDAR is used in Geology:
The Bare Earth