Images

Solar-powered streamgage in Secretary's homeland in Animas River above Tacoma, CO.

Reclamation SHP (shallow water saline habitat ponds) Salton Sea, California.

Photomicrograph depicting the siliceous frustulesof fifty species of diatoms arranged within a circular shape. Diatoms form the base of many marine and aquatic food chains and upon death, their glassy frustules form sediments known as diatomaceous earth.

View of the Potomac River from a bank.  Across the river is a forest of trees shedding leaves.

Geological Survey of Bangladesh collecting drill cores from 1340' to describe the deep aquifer. The USGS was asked by U.S.

A photomicrograph depicting the calcium carbonate tests of ten species of marine foraminiferans. Upon death, their tests can form calcareous marine sediments known as foraminiferan ooze.

A photomicrograph depicting the calcium carbonate tests of ten species of marine foraminiferans. The image has been inverted to bring out details. Upon death, their tests can form calcareous marine sediments known as foraminiferan ooze.

Shenandoah River behind trees with mountains in the background.

A photomicrograph depicting the siliceous frustules of fifty species of diatoms arranged within a circular shape. The image has been inverted to white on black to bring out details. Diatoms form the base of many marine and aquatic foodchains and upon death, their glassy frustules form sediments known as diatomaceous earth.

View from the bank of a river. The variegated forest in the background indicates the fall season.

A photomicrograph depicting the calcium carbonate tests of ten species of marine foraminiferans. Upon death, their tests can form calcareous marine sediments known as foraminiferan ooze.

The lower two floors of the five-story building in the center of these photos have collapsed and the third floor has fallen to ground level.

A surface expression of geothermal activity.

Davis Rd. carbon dioxide vent, Salton Sea, California.

Laura Coffey,a chemist at the National Water Quality Laboratory, loads on-line solid-phase extraction cartridges into the high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometer (HPLC/MS) in preparation for testing and calibration

Sticky notes showing media interview requests by journalists following the 2004 Sumatra earthquake event. 

Photo showing an intense news media interview schedule following Sumatra 2004 earthquake event. 

Image of schedule for news media interviews following Sumatra 2004 earthquake event. 

John Clune and Connie Loper, PA Water Science Center, processing an emerging-contaminants bed-sediment sample at Rock Creek near Gettysburg, PA.

John Clune, PA Water Science Center, processing an emerging-contaminants bed-sediment sample at Lititz Run.

John Clune, PA Water Science Center, collecting an emerging-contaminants bed-sediment sample at the Susquehanna River at Danville,PA.