Images

Sunrise on the North Platte River at Broadwater, Nebraska. Looking downstream from Hwy 92 bridge. January 2007.

Retreating glacier south of Mt. Pendleton in Denali National Park, Alaska, with runoff from glacial melt seen in the foreground.

2009 Red River flooding in Grand Forks, North Dakota

Camps Bay, South Africa

Bear in apple tree in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Taken during field work.

A mosaic of the surface of Mercury made from hundreds of images taken by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft.

Block of ice on Vitus Lake, from Bering Glacier, Alaska

USGS biologist Randy Bennett and volunteers sample a stream using electro-fishing gear.

Trail to Abrams Falls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Stream in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

Prairie Creek nr. Silver Creek is a tributary of the Platte River. The photo was taken to capture Autumn's colors amplified by water.

ARCTIC OCEAN - A multi-year ice floe slides down the starboard side of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Aug. 11, 2009, as the ship heads north into even thicker ice. "You can tell that this is a multi-year ice floe by the light blue melt ponds that have formed on top of the floe," said Pablo Clemente-Colón, chief scientist at the U.S. National Ice Center.

At 4:50 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007, a coyote runs into the wash, presumably fleeing from the fires. Photo credit: USGS.

Ice and debris buildup on bridge over Wild Rice River. Photo taken at 174th Ave and 124th St southwest of Horace, ND.

The tsunami that resulted from the M 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010 destroyed hundreds of homes in Dichato, Chile.

Two school teachers stand outside a neighbor's destroyed adobe home in Cauquenes, Chile following the M 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010. Reconstruction in this ancient city will be based on reinforced concrete rather than highly vulnerable adobe.

Ice and debris buildup on bridge over Wild Rice River. Photo taken at 174th Ave and 124th St southwest of Horace, ND.

Dr. Christina Kellogg, USGS DISCOVRE's microbiologist, begins a dive in the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible to study deep-sea coral. The submersible can reach depths of 900 meters and has a manipulator arm and suction tool for collecting samples.

Bristle-thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) are large shorebirds that breed in Alaska and spend the nonbreeding season on atolls and small islands throughout Oceania. This life history pattern requires curlews to migrate long distances each year.

USGS Cooperative Research Unit graduate student Ambre Chaudoin monitors dissolved oxygen levels, pH, and temperature in endangered Devils Hole pupfish spawning habitat in Devils Hole.

Freshwater flowing over the Faka Union Canal Weir #1 near Port of the Islands, Collier County, Florida. During cold weather, freshwater flows here can maintain a downstream salinity gradient that creates a warm water refuge for manatees.