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During a research snorkel trip at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Dr. Margaret Hunter comes face to face with a manatee.
During a research snorkel trip at Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Dr. Margaret Hunter comes face to face with a manatee.
View of the control structure, used to help get an accurate streamflow measurement at the streamgage, on the Souris River near Foxholm, North Dakota. When the picture was takend streamflow was 25.4 cubic feet per second and the gage height was 5.80 feet.
View of the control structure, used to help get an accurate streamflow measurement at the streamgage, on the Souris River near Foxholm, North Dakota. When the picture was takend streamflow was 25.4 cubic feet per second and the gage height was 5.80 feet.
Overwash processes caused by storms, like the one seen here following Hurricane Sandy on a barrier island in Virginia, push sand landward over dunes to create low-elevation, minimally vegetated sandy habitats used by a variety of species, like piping plovers.
Overwash processes caused by storms, like the one seen here following Hurricane Sandy on a barrier island in Virginia, push sand landward over dunes to create low-elevation, minimally vegetated sandy habitats used by a variety of species, like piping plovers.
Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ; Chad Ostheimer surveying a high-water mark left October 29, 2012 by Hurricane Sandy.
Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ; Chad Ostheimer surveying a high-water mark left October 29, 2012 by Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Mantoloking, NJ was partly collapsed after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Mantoloking, NJ was partly collapsed after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Seaside Heights, NJ lost part of its foundation, leaving a front porch suspended in mid-air.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. This house in Seaside Heights, NJ lost part of its foundation, leaving a front porch suspended in mid-air.
Image of the channel of the Wild River River at Interstate 29, near St. Benedict, North Dakota. Rocks are there to prevent bed scour/erosion.
Image of the channel of the Wild River River at Interstate 29, near St. Benedict, North Dakota. Rocks are there to prevent bed scour/erosion.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. Houses, cars and a street in Seaside Heights, NJ were covered in beach sand after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.
Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore Oct. 29-31, 2012. Houses, cars and a street in Seaside Heights, NJ were covered in beach sand after Hurricane Sandy's storm tide receded.
Faulting in limestone outcrop downstream from where Greenwood Creek flows into the Colorado River, October 31, 2012 (photograph by Jennifer Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Faulting in limestone outcrop downstream from where Greenwood Creek flows into the Colorado River, October 31, 2012 (photograph by Jennifer Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Seeps along limestone outcrop downstream from where Jim John Creek flows into the Colorado River, October 31, 2012 (photograph by Jennifer Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Seeps along limestone outcrop downstream from where Jim John Creek flows into the Colorado River, October 31, 2012 (photograph by Jennifer Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Travertine deposits near site 4 (Post Oak Falls near Tow, Texas, October 31, 2012) (photograph by Jennifer Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Travertine deposits near site 4 (Post Oak Falls near Tow, Texas, October 31, 2012) (photograph by Jennifer Wilson, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Picture showing the increased size of the sandbar after the November 2012 controlled flood from the Glen Canyon Dam. This location is 65 miles downstream from Lees Ferry and the view is looking downstream. These and additional photographs depicting the results of the recent controlled floods can be viewed online.
Picture showing the increased size of the sandbar after the November 2012 controlled flood from the Glen Canyon Dam. This location is 65 miles downstream from Lees Ferry and the view is looking downstream. These and additional photographs depicting the results of the recent controlled floods can be viewed online.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Cablecar that allows USGS personnel to cross the Souris River near Sherwood, North Dakota, and measure the streamflow.
Cablecar that allows USGS personnel to cross the Souris River near Sherwood, North Dakota, and measure the streamflow.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
USGS Director Marcia McNutt (far right) participates in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill with students at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
USGS Director Marcia McNutt (far right) participates in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill with students at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
USGS Director Marcia McNutt participates in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill with students at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
USGS Director Marcia McNutt participates in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill with students at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.
Students participate in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, Virginia. They are conducting the "drop, cover and hold on" safety procedure.