Images

Harbor in Cordova, AK.

Mountains towering above the mouth of the Copper River from the coastal Gulf of Alaska.

Adolescent whooping crane.

A large cooperative project is taking place with Olympic National Park in the Elwha River in anticipation of removal of two dams. Restoration of the entire river to natural free flows will allow returning salmon access to historic spawning grounds.

When USGS mapped the glaciers in Icy Bay in the 1950s, the glacier in this image was flat and hundreds of meters thick. Bedrock is emerging as Guyot retreats very rapidly.

Both ice and water sculpt the St. Elias range, forcing some of the fastest erosion rates on Earth.

Maroon Bells at Sunrise.

Sunrise on Marblehead Neck MA.

Cracks shown here in the exterior and supporting structures of this home are indicative of subsidence damage associated with sinkhole activity.

More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the cold temperatures. The sinkholes destroyed homes, roads and sections of cultivated areas.

More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the cold temperatures. The sinkholes destroyed homes, roads and sections of cultivated areas.

Strawberry fields surrounded by residential housing with the irrigation pumphouse in the foreground. 

Hydrologic Technician James Foreman prepares to  attach an external load of equipment to an approaching helicopter as part of  the nutrient loading to alpine lakes project.

Russ Buesing uses a cable car to access streamgage 05104500 in late winter (March 26, 2009) on the Roseau River below South Fork near Malung, MN.

USGS scientist sets up a repeat photograph of Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park to illustrate glacial recession due to impacts of climate change.

Longtail boats are an important part of the Thai seafaring economy. A nationwide ban on logging has caused the value of the boats to skyrocket.

Vegetation clings to a nearly soil free landscape, showing vivid autumn colors.

A submarine berg emerges from the advancing terminus of Yahtse Glacier. Iceberg calving is a key process in the global sea level budget.

Salmon and steelhead migrating through Bonnerville Dam.

A storm clears at sunset at Rodeo Cove, California.

Lower Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone River.