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New York Water Science Center images.
Amanda May is taking field measurements prior to cleaning the sensors at one of the sites for the SALT project in Lake Placid, NY, on a chilly winter day.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Cara Udvadia, Honorable Mention category
Amanda May is taking field measurements prior to cleaning the sensors at one of the sites for the SALT project in Lake Placid, NY, on a chilly winter day.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Cara Udvadia, Honorable Mention category
Downstream view of the East Branch Fish Creek at Taberg, New York
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Zachary Heck, Where We Work category
Downstream view of the East Branch Fish Creek at Taberg, New York
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Zachary Heck, Where We Work category
USGS recently tested ground-penetrating radar (GPR) on a drone for mapping peat thickness and extent. This work is part of a collaboration with Florida Atlantic University to study and locate large carbon gas emissions from peat soils in the swampy wetlands of the Everglades in Florida.
USGS recently tested ground-penetrating radar (GPR) on a drone for mapping peat thickness and extent. This work is part of a collaboration with Florida Atlantic University to study and locate large carbon gas emissions from peat soils in the swampy wetlands of the Everglades in Florida.
USGS recently tested ground-penetrating radar (GPR) on a drone for mapping peat thickness and extent. This work is part of a collaboration with Florida Atlantic University to study and locate large carbon gas emissions from peat soils in the swampy wetlands of the Everglades in Florida.
USGS recently tested ground-penetrating radar (GPR) on a drone for mapping peat thickness and extent. This work is part of a collaboration with Florida Atlantic University to study and locate large carbon gas emissions from peat soils in the swampy wetlands of the Everglades in Florida.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
Image of Gloeotrichia echinulata colonies found by USGS scientists in the water column at Moreau Lake in New York.
Image of Gloeotrichia echinulata colonies found by USGS scientists in the water column at Moreau Lake in New York.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
USGS scientists collect sediment core samples to study the history of cyanobacteria blooms in New York’s Moreau Lake.
Image of Gloeotrichia echinulata colonies found by USGS scientists in the water column at Moreau Lake in New York.
Image of Gloeotrichia echinulata colonies found by USGS scientists in the water column at Moreau Lake in New York.
Differential leveling techniques are performed by Alex Wong to determine reference-mark elevations at historic USGS streamgage, 01303000 Mill Neck Creek in Mill Neck, NY.
Summer 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Amy Simonson, Where We Work category
Differential leveling techniques are performed by Alex Wong to determine reference-mark elevations at historic USGS streamgage, 01303000 Mill Neck Creek in Mill Neck, NY.
Summer 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Amy Simonson, Where We Work category
Photo Contest Winner | Winter 2022 | People
Photo of nine USGS employees posing for a picture during ice training
Photo Contest Winner | Winter 2022 | People
Photo of nine USGS employees posing for a picture during ice training
Grass Field in Tully Valley, New York
October 2021 Region 1 Photo Contest Honorable Mention #2
Grass Field in Tully Valley, New York
October 2021 Region 1 Photo Contest Honorable Mention #2
Hydrotech Kaylie Butts at Indian Lake
October 2021 Region 1 Photo Contest Honorable Mention #1
Hydrotech Kaylie Butts at Indian Lake
October 2021 Region 1 Photo Contest Honorable Mention #1
The new bike lane along Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY.
The new bike lane along Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY.
an Image from a video recording taken during a spatial mapping boat trip of about 50 miles on the Hudson River from New Hamburg to Yonkers, NY, passing through the Hudson Highlands, West Point, and the Tappan Zee.
an Image from a video recording taken during a spatial mapping boat trip of about 50 miles on the Hudson River from New Hamburg to Yonkers, NY, passing through the Hudson Highlands, West Point, and the Tappan Zee.
Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | Honorable Mention 2
Liz Nystrom captaining a boat on the Hudson River
Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | Honorable Mention 2
Liz Nystrom captaining a boat on the Hudson River
USGS New York Water Science Center Research Hyrologist Neil Terry preparing for resistivity surveys in Northern Minnesota. (Credit: Josh Woda, USGS NY WSC, Public domain.)
USGS New York Water Science Center Research Hyrologist Neil Terry preparing for resistivity surveys in Northern Minnesota. (Credit: Josh Woda, USGS NY WSC, Public domain.)
Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | USGS at Work
USGS Research Hyrologist Neil Terry preparing for resistivity surveys in Northern Minnesota
Photo Contest Winner | September 2021 | USGS at Work
USGS Research Hyrologist Neil Terry preparing for resistivity surveys in Northern Minnesota
Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | Where We Work
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture
Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | Where We Work
Hoosick River near Williamstown, MA sculpture
Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | People
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment
Photo Contest Winner | August 2021 | People
Field sampling crew with favorite equipment