Images

Field crew standing at the upper overlook on the Marsh-Felch Quarry site. 

USGS personnel standing at the overlook to the quarry prior to conducting UAS operations.

Thomas Casadevall (Scientist Emeritus with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center), Paco Van Sistine (GECSC), Victoria Scholl (NUSO), Matt Burgess (NUSO)

Group photo captured using a drone. Left to right: Matt Burgess (NUSO), Paco Van Sistine (GECSC), Victoria Scholl (NUSO) standing at the overlook for the Marsh-Felch quarry.

Victoria Scholl (NUSO) conducts a Skydio X10 UAS 3D Scan flight at the 
Marsh-Felch Quarry site. 

USGS geologists view the informational sign at the quarry upper overlook in July 2024. The sign describes the history of Professor O.C. Marsh and Marshall P. Felch, the namesakes of the quarry, who worked together to excavate and study dinosaur bones. The sign features a photograph by Israel Cook Russel, a USGS Geologist, in July 1888.

Gamma Ray Spectrometer on drone in New Mexico.

Reflectance spectrum for fragments from a shredded road tire showing a strong capacity to absorb solar radiation. The average reflectance over the spectrum is 0.0280. The reflectance of a flat, pure white surface, such as clean snow, is 1.

Investigating a fault mirror formed on a range-bounding fault that offsets Triassic volcaniclastic rocks of the Jackson Mountains 

Interactive UAS Science Exhibit on display in Reston

Included in this display are some of the earliest UAS platforms operated by the USGS and an interactive touch screen table that provides access to additional information and videos.

Group photo of the field crew at the Lexington boat ramp on the morning of the dye release in the Missouri River.

Tarp secured to an anchored boat to enable radiometric calibration of the UAS hyperspectral data during post-processing.

Victoria Scholl and Matt Burgess (NUSO) conducting a hyperspectral UAS flight over the Missouri River.

DJI Matrice 600 Pro UAS with hyperspectral sensor hovers over a levee on the south bank of the Missouri River.

NUSO remote pilots Matt Burgess and Victoria Scholl prepare the hyperspectral sensor for data collection.

DJI Mavic Pro UAS-captured photo showing DJI Matrice 600 Pro UAS with hyperspectral payload approaching the Missouri River.

Matt Burgess (NUSO) and Brandon Sansom (CERC) compare waypoints in UAS flight plans during field tests the day prior to the dye release. A train travels across the farmland in the background.

NUSO remote pilot Matt Burgess flies a DJI Matrice 600 Pro UAS with hyperspectral payload from a levee on the south bank of the Missouri River.

Chart showing number of dated midden samples occurring in each 1,000-year (calibrated radiocarbon) interval recorded in the USGS North American Packrat Midden Database, Version 5.0.

Example of the kind of plant specimen housed in the collection of the Quaternary Paleobotany Laboratory, located in the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center.

Picture of the Perry Victory and International Peace Memorial from the NPS Visitors Center located on South Bass Island, Put in Bay, Ohio in Lake Erie.

The NUSO and the National Park Service (NPS) Heritage Document Programs partnered in May 2024 to perform a UAS-based 3D scan of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.  

Image of the Perry Victory and International Peace Memorial taken from a drone

The NUSO and the National Park Service (NPS) Heritage Document Programs partnered in May 2024 to perform a UAS-based 3D scan of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.