Images

USGS biologists Kristen Hart, Jeff Beauchamp, and Thomas Shelby prepare to release a green sea turtle fitted with a satellite tag in the waters of Dry Tortugas National Park. Note: All marine turtle images taken in Florida were obtained with the approval of the U.S.

The USGS Red River of the North at Fargo streamgage in Fargo, N.D., takes automatic water level measurements every 15 minutes.

USGS hydrologist Dan Thomas shows media how the acoustic Doppler current profiler (on the right) measures streamflow on the Red River in Fargo.

USGS hydrologists return from measuring streamflow on the Red River in Fargo, N.D. The USGS Red River of the North at Fargo streamgage can be seen on the right in the image.

A team of USGS hydrologists and technicians prepares to take an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) out on the Red River in downtown Fargo, N.D., to measure streamflow during the 2013 flood.

Surface fracture. Lushan downtown.

Damage to local stores in downtown Lushan.

Damage to local stores in downtown Lushan.

Damage to a village house. Longxingcun.

Surface fracture follow WE direction. Lushan downtown.

Damage to a village house. Longmenxiang.

Damage to local stores in downtown Lushan.

The Lushan station clock stoped in the moment of the earthquake.

Building damage outside Lushan station.

Damage to local stores in downtown Lushan.

Life in a tent. Two kids singing and playing among the tents.

Damage to a village house. Longxingcun.

Temporary movable plank houses for the students.  Tianquan Elementary School.

Building damage consisted on diagonal shear cracks in masonry walls. Lushan downtown.

Damage to a village house. Longmenxiang.

Damage to a village house. Longmenxiang.