Images

OFF THE LOUISIANA COAST — A controlled burn of oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill sends towers of fire hundreds of feet into the air over the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class John Masson.

Samples of benthic infauna taken from the beaches of Louisiana's barrier islands await analysis at the USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center in Gainesville, Florida.

Green River near New Hradec, North Dakota, streamflow 3.55 cubic feet per second.

Sky is dark in the background because a storm moving in to Green River Basin.  Taken at USGS streamgage near New Hradec, North Dakota, streamflow 3.55 cubic feet per second.

View near a groundwater well site, looking at Missouri River, near Huff, North Dakota.

View from a groundwater well site.  Missouri River in the distance, near Huff, North Dakota.

Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.

Control chute, Maple River at Maple River Dam, near Sheldon, ND, streamflow 641 cubic feet per second.

Water flowing over weir on Souris River near Foxholm, North Dakota, streamflow 8.45 cubic feet per second.

This thermal image shows the lava pond within Pu`u `Ō `ō crater. The view is towards the southeast. The pond is fed from two upwelling sources, one on the south margin of the pond and one on the north margin.

"Rootless" lava shields are those built over a lava tube, as opposed to those which develop over the vent. This rootless shield was built over the past week, and hosted a lava pond at its summit. Overflows from the pond cascaded down the steep flanks.

Source: USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center. Photographer: P.S. Corn. Boreal Chorus Frog, Lily Pond, Larimer County, Colorado. June 2010
Pseudacris maculata - Boreal Chorus Frog

Great Falls Park in Mclean, VA.

Sunset along the Southern California coast with waves crashing along the rocks.

Sunset along a Southern California beach.

Chain of Lakes - Lake Laretta near Lakota, North Dakota, near a former groundwater well site and what used to be a road.

Water flowing over weir on the Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, streamflow 1,540 cubic feet per second.

Receding shoreline on the east side of the Salton Sea, California.

Bombay Beach Barnacle Bar Salton Sea, California.

This composite image overlays a thermal image on a normal photograph, and shows the flow field in the vicinity of the County viewing area, at the end of the Kalapana access road. Recent flows, from the past few weeks, show up as light red, whereas the currently active breakouts are yellow and white.

Panoramic image of ice break up on the Yukon River at Pilot Station, Alaska.