Images

Bottlenose dolphin leaping out of the water.

Bottlenose dolphins swimming in the water.

View of coast of Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Cushion star on the ocean floor.

Cushion star on the ocean floor.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings open.

Blue morpho butterfly resting on a leaf with wings closed.

Cushion star on the ocean floor.

Taken while on the 2007 SW review of the Montana Science Center.

View of gage and stream.

View of USGS gage on the Missouri River at Ft. Benton, MT.

View of river from the gage location looking downstream. 

Two prominent, historic lava flows are visible in this aerial photo of West Hawai‘i. Kīholo Bay is flanked by the 1859 Mauna Loa flow (left) and a Hualālai flow that  erupted around 1800 or earlier (right). These lava flows and other volcanic landscapes along Highways 11 and 190 will be the focus of a Volcano Awareness Month talk in Kona on Jan. 22

Photo captures the Rio Grande, volcanic San Luis Hills, and Blanca Peak massif in the San Luis Basin, part of the Rio Grande rift.  The basin - currently being studied by the USGS - is of interest for groundwater, petroleum, and mineral resources. 

USGS, DNR, Fish and wildlife service plan a study on the Spring River. A Tri state study

Two ranging poles were placed near the positions of two sets of saguaros in order to determine their heights, and hence approximate ages. Most were established in the 1890s, after livestock grazing and the removal of fine fuels had begun in the area.