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Image: Removing Blood Sample of Shortnose Sturgeon
Removing Blood Sample of Shortnose Sturgeon
Removing Blood Sample of Shortnose Sturgeon
Removing Blood Sample of Shortnose Sturgeon

Removing a blood sample from a shortnose sturgeon to determine a colorimetric technique for revealing sex and establish contaminant levels.

Removing a blood sample from a shortnose sturgeon to determine a colorimetric technique for revealing sex and establish contaminant levels.

Image: Radar Equipment Used for Tracking Birds
Radar Equipment Used for Tracking Birds
Radar Equipment Used for Tracking Birds
Radar Equipment Used for Tracking Birds

Researchers set up radar equipment at dusk near Horicon National Wildlife Refuge in east-central Wisconsin.

Image: Rare Platinum Nugget
Rare Platinum Nugget
Rare Platinum Nugget
Rare Platinum Nugget

Rare platinum nugget NMNH 73738 from the National Mineral Collection. Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. PGEs are essential for manufacturing computers, TVs, cell phones, and other portable electronic devices. They are found in hard drives, circuitry, and automobiles.


 

Rare platinum nugget NMNH 73738 from the National Mineral Collection. Photo by Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution. PGEs are essential for manufacturing computers, TVs, cell phones, and other portable electronic devices. They are found in hard drives, circuitry, and automobiles.


 

Image: Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

Image: Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

Image: Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros
Earthquake and Landslides in the Union of the Comoros

Heavy rains from a tropical cyclone struck the islands of the Comoros in March, 2014. On the island of Anjouan in the Union of Comoros, these rains triggered landslides that displaced over 3000 people to refugee camps.

Heavy rains from a tropical cyclone struck the islands of the Comoros in March, 2014. On the island of Anjouan in the Union of Comoros, these rains triggered landslides that displaced over 3000 people to refugee camps.

Image: Oil Well
Oil Well
Oil Well
Oil Well

Oil well and a looming storm.

Image: Brine Pit
Brine Pit
Brine Pit
Brine Pit

Brine pit in Sheridan County, Montana.

Image: Electrofishing Boat
Electrofishing Boat
Electrofishing Boat
Electrofishing Boat

Marc Blouin, NBS Research Biologist, uses an electrofishing boat to obtain information on fish populations in the Black River in Lorain, Ohio.

Marc Blouin, NBS Research Biologist, uses an electrofishing boat to obtain information on fish populations in the Black River in Lorain, Ohio.

Image: Fish Catch
Fish Catch
Fish Catch
Fish Catch

Biologists inspect fish catch from trawl net.

Biologists inspect fish catch from trawl net.

Image: Mendenhall Glacier
Mendenhall Glacier
Mendenhall Glacier
Mendenhall Glacier

Comparison of satellite images of Mendenhall Glacier (Left - Landsat 5, Aug. 17, 1984; Right - Landsat 8, May 16, 2014).

Comparison of satellite images of Mendenhall Glacier (Left - Landsat 5, Aug. 17, 1984; Right - Landsat 8, May 16, 2014).

Image: Hello Penguin
Hello Penguin
Hello Penguin
Hello Penguin

From the U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library, No. 2011DENPH0239, folder 3, Field Surveys - Antarctica. It was taken during the U. S. Geological Survey Byrd Land Survey Traverse, United States Antarctic Research Program, 1966-67.

From the U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library, No. 2011DENPH0239, folder 3, Field Surveys - Antarctica. It was taken during the U. S. Geological Survey Byrd Land Survey Traverse, United States Antarctic Research Program, 1966-67.

Image: Mangrove Coral Site
Mangrove Coral Site
Mangrove Coral Site
Mangrove Coral Site

Data logger and underwater sensor deployed at a mangrove coral site in Otter Creek to measure light reaching corals under the mangroves.

Data logger and underwater sensor deployed at a mangrove coral site in Otter Creek to measure light reaching corals under the mangroves.

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