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Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

This illustration shows the Landsat 8 satellite in space over the southeastern United States. 

Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

Guam geomagnetic observatory.

Nestled away in Reston, VA on 105 acres of land, the USGS headquarters was dedicated on July 12, 1974. The building houses over 2000 employees and offers guided and self-guided indoor and outdoor tours to the public.

Scientists from the USGS, University of Rhode Island, and the Alaska Dept of Geological and Geophysical Surveys use a hand-driven corer to sample soils and marsh sediment on Simeonof Island as part of an investigation to investigate evidence for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Shumagin Islands.

A green frog blends in well in a grassy wetland. ARMI photo by Mark Roth. Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, Wisconsin

Soil core obtained from existing goose grazing lawn along the Smith River in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.  Buried peat layer broken open.  Closer examination of the buried peat layer demonstrates that non-salt-tolerant vegetation from the past was buried in sediment which now supports high-quality goose forage

View of trees in the Auwahi reforestation area with glimpses of the invasive grassland in the distance.

Soil core obtained from existing goose grazing lawn along the Smith River in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.  The buried layer of peat beneath goose grazing lawn demonstrates that vegetation change has occurred in this area.

View of the Auwahi reforestation area fence line with native species on the left and invasive grassland on the right.

Sampling surface waters on Lake Michigan using a Kemmerer Water Sampler

These are baydzherakhs that form when Pleistocene-aged ice wedges thaw and leave behind a mound of unfrozen soil that is easily susceptible to decomposition. This sediment has not thawed for at least 40,000 years.

Damage to the Washington National Cathedral in DC from the earthquake in Virginia on August 23, 2011.

Damage to the Washington National Cathedral in DC from the earthquake in Virginia on August 23, 2011.

Cypress tree near Big Cypress Creek, Texas, July 27, 2011. Photograph taken by James B. Moring, U.S. Geological Survey.

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Electrofishing from a barge, Big Cypress Creek, Texas, July 27, 2011. Photograph taken by Erin C. Sewell, U.S. Geological Survey.

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