USGS scientist Jeff Sloan hand launching a fixed wing UAS during a 2011 NUSO research mission, in coordination with the Office of Surface Mining, at the Powellton Surface Mine in West Virginia to test the utility of UAS technology for supporting coal mining inspection and oversight.
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USGS scientist hand launching a fixed wing UAS
USGS scientist Jeff Sloan hand launching a fixed wing UAS during a 2011 NUSO research mission, in coordination with the Office of Surface Mining, at the Powellton Surface Mine in West Virginia to test the utility of UAS technology for supporting coal mining inspection and oversight.
USGS researcher monitoring the flight of a UAS
USGS researcher Jeff Sloan monitoring the flight of a fixed wing UAS during a Pygmy Rabbit Habitat Study in the Idaho Desert between Shoshone and Hailey.
USGS researcher Jeff Sloan monitoring the flight of a fixed wing UAS during a Pygmy Rabbit Habitat Study in the Idaho Desert between Shoshone and Hailey.
Fixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri River
Fixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri RiverFixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri River in August of 2011 when the NUSO worked with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (LBST) Environmental Protection Office to evaluate UAS’s ability to safely collect data along dangerous or even inaccessible shoreline.
Fixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri River
Fixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri RiverFixed wing UAS being hand launched from a boat on the Missouri River in August of 2011 when the NUSO worked with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (LBST) Environmental Protection Office to evaluate UAS’s ability to safely collect data along dangerous or even inaccessible shoreline.
UAS ground control station at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
UAS ground control station at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife RefugeUAS ground control station at a NUSO August 2011 research mission at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana to determine if the Raven UAS thermal sensors could be used to identify areas of ground water discharge.
UAS ground control station at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
UAS ground control station at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife RefugeUAS ground control station at a NUSO August 2011 research mission at the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana to determine if the Raven UAS thermal sensors could be used to identify areas of ground water discharge.
Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista NWR taken from a UAS
Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista NWR taken from a UASImage of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) taken from a natural color camera mounted on a fixed wing UAS.
Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista NWR taken from a UAS
Image of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista NWR taken from a UASImage of Sandhill cranes roosting site in the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) taken from a natural color camera mounted on a fixed wing UAS.
Remote pilot preparing to hand launch a fixed wing UAS during a prescribed wildfire burn in Florida
Remote pilot preparing to hand launch a fixed wing UAS during a prescribed wildfire burn in FloridaRemote pilot Mark Bauer (Parallel, Inc. for USGS) preparing to hand launch a fixed wing UAS during an RxCADRE event (Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment) at the Eglin Airforce Base in February 2011.
Remote pilot preparing to hand launch a fixed wing UAS during a prescribed wildfire burn in Florida
Remote pilot preparing to hand launch a fixed wing UAS during a prescribed wildfire burn in FloridaRemote pilot Mark Bauer (Parallel, Inc. for USGS) preparing to hand launch a fixed wing UAS during an RxCADRE event (Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment) at the Eglin Airforce Base in February 2011.
Andrews Meadow
The edge of Andrews Meadow, within the Loch Vale watershed in Colorado. Shown is the view to the west of the Continental Divide and Taylor glacier.
The edge of Andrews Meadow, within the Loch Vale watershed in Colorado. Shown is the view to the west of the Continental Divide and Taylor glacier.
Lake sediment coring
A percussion piston coring system is used for >20-m water depth and can obtain up to 20-m of sediment core
A percussion piston coring system is used for >20-m water depth and can obtain up to 20-m of sediment core
White River Plateau, Colorado
USGS scientists work from a securely anchored floating platform used to obtain long sediment cores from remote alpine lakes.
USGS scientists work from a securely anchored floating platform used to obtain long sediment cores from remote alpine lakes.
Sediment coring
Research Geologist Lesleigh Anderson prepares a surface lake sediment core for incremental sub-samples in the White River Plateau, Colorado.
Research Geologist Lesleigh Anderson prepares a surface lake sediment core for incremental sub-samples in the White River Plateau, Colorado.
View of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper Midwest
View of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper MidwestView of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper Midwest. At 1:5 million scale, this is the most detailed seamless map of bedrock geology in the United States. Synthesizing nationwide geology in greater detail is a challenge for the coming decade.
View of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper Midwest
View of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper MidwestView of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper Midwest
View of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper MidwestView of a portion of J.C. Reed’s (2004) Geologic Map of North America, showing Precambrian bedrock and Paleozoic sedimentary cover in the upper Midwest. At 1:5 million scale, this is the most detailed seamless map of bedrock geology in the United States. Synthesizing nationwide geology in greater detail is a challenge for the coming decade.
Packrat midden
A massive complex Pleistocene packrat midden (in the alcove in the center of the image) in a cave in eastern Nevada.
A massive complex Pleistocene packrat midden (in the alcove in the center of the image) in a cave in eastern Nevada.
Packrat at its midden
A modern packrat (Neotoma cinerea) surrounded by midden material in a cave in northwestern Nevada.
A modern packrat (Neotoma cinerea) surrounded by midden material in a cave in northwestern Nevada.