Images

Atmospheric pressure map of Typhoon Merbok in western Alaska on September 17, 2022.

Map search display filtered to show recently added three-dimensional (3D) surveys, acquired between 1996 and 1998 within the Gulf of America. These surveys were permitted over 25 years ago and are therefore eligible for public release. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management protraction areas are labeled.

Perspective view of horizon mapping and fault attribute detection on two combined three-dimensional (3D) volumes located in the Santa Barbara Channel, offshore southern California. The horizons show various marker beds mapped throughout the volumes, providing insights into the 3D deformation patterns.

Damage to the E45 road caused by valley-wall erosion following the 2020 failure of a lava dam, Rio Coca valley, Ecuador, January 2024. (Amy East, USGS)

Diagram of glaciation and glaciovolcanism at Milbanke Sound, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Aerial view of Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing coastal mountains along the Queen Charlotte Fault zone.

Subsidence area exposure for counties on the US east coast. A) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < 0 mm per year. B) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −1 mm per year. C) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −2 mm per year. D) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −3 mm per year.

Map showing location of Milbanke Sound and offshore study site at McGregor Cone, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Animated GIF showing waves breaking over a coral reef from above, illustrating how reefs act as natural breakwaters that dissipate wave energy.

Slope map of the Kaweah and Kings River drainage basins in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, from the study Impacts of spontaneous waterfall development on bedrock river longitudinal profile morphology.

(A) Cryosphere coverage and decadal hydroclimatic change rates in the glacial basin (Xiehela at Tien Shan), nival basin (Qiaqiga at Tien Shan), pluvial basin (Yingluoxia at Qilian Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau), and mixed-regime basin (Qiemo at Kunlun Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau).

Winter sunset in Santa Cruz, California, near the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Cover of Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center General Information Product, released on December 1, 2023.

Hydrothermal chimneys at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Tubeworms found at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping, in October-November 2023.

Collecting rock samples from the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, during the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

NCA5 contributors from PCMSC (from left to right: Eric Grossman, Li Erikson, Patrick Barnard, Amy East, and

Animated GIF showing a comparison between low-quality and high-resolution seafloor mapping of a deep-sea canyon system.

Animated GIF of a ship using multibeam sonar to map the seafloor, adapted from video provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration.

Compressed high-intensity radar pulse (chirp) profile HFC-9 located south of the Cross-Hosgri slope (CHS). Profile crosses the midshelf region and images the extensive transgressive surface of erosion unconformity (blue) also seen below the CHS. The seafloor is delineated in red.

Animated GIF of methane bubbles rising from a seafloor seep in Astoria Canyon.