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Core Science Systems images.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.
Capital Trenton
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 9,288,994
Modern paleontology began with the 1858 discovery by William Parker Foulke at Haddonfield, New Jersey of the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur called Hadrosaurus.
Capital Trenton
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 9,288,994
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.
Capital Columbus
Image Source Landsat 8
Did you know that nearly 50 percent of the United States population lives within a 500-mile radius of Columbus, Ohio? Columbus is the state capital and Ohio’s largest city. It is also home to The Ohio State University.
Capital Columbus
Image Source Landsat 8
Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.
Capital Austin
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 29,145,505
Six flags have flown over Texas: Spain, France, United Mexican States, Confederate States of America, the Republic of Texas, and the United States of America, with eight changes of government.
Capital Austin
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 29,145,505
(A) The Creek Fire perimeter within the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona and (B) the various fuel treatments within the Creek Fire boundary, using the boundary in Wu et al.
(A) The Creek Fire perimeter within the San Carlos Apache Reservation in east-central Arizona and (B) the various fuel treatments within the Creek Fire boundary, using the boundary in Wu et al.
This diagram depicts the Quaternary Stratigraphy of Cass County, Minnesota shown in six different cross sections located throughout Cass County, MN as indicated in the bottom right indicator map. These cross sections are representative of the materials to be encountered between the land surface and bedrock.
This diagram depicts the Quaternary Stratigraphy of Cass County, Minnesota shown in six different cross sections located throughout Cass County, MN as indicated in the bottom right indicator map. These cross sections are representative of the materials to be encountered between the land surface and bedrock.
LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type imagery.
LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type imagery.
This image shows a lidar flight done in July 2018 of the Kīlauea volcano after the collapse of the caldera
This image shows a lidar flight done in July 2018 of the Kīlauea volcano after the collapse of the caldera
Survey Analysis via Visual Exploration rock cores
Survey Analysis via Visual Exploration rock cores
Kevin T. Gallagher, USGS Associate Director, Core Science Systems, addresses
Members of the MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage
Kevin T. Gallagher, USGS Associate Director, Core Science Systems, addresses
Members of the MAPPS Executive Summit on US lidar coverage
The natural oil seep in this photo is located in Pescadero Creek County Park, where the Canyon Trail crosses Tarwater Creek. The oil is black, has a taffy-like consistency, and smells like motor oil.
The natural oil seep in this photo is located in Pescadero Creek County Park, where the Canyon Trail crosses Tarwater Creek. The oil is black, has a taffy-like consistency, and smells like motor oil.
A 3D Elevation Program lidar point cloud colored by RGB color from imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program and showing simulated flooding (in blue) of an area in Denver, Colorado.
A 3D Elevation Program lidar point cloud colored by RGB color from imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program and showing simulated flooding (in blue) of an area in Denver, Colorado.
The Half Moon Bay oil field is one of the oldest oil fields in California and was first developed during the 1880s. Since then, the field has produced an estimated 60,000 barrels of oil from about 19 wells.
The Half Moon Bay oil field is one of the oldest oil fields in California and was first developed during the 1880s. Since then, the field has produced an estimated 60,000 barrels of oil from about 19 wells.
Lidar point cloud over Dulles Airport
An example of a lidar point cloud showing structures
An example of a lidar point cloud showing structures
Lidar point cloud of Rio Grande River- El Paso, TX
Lidar point cloud of Rio Grande River- El Paso, TX
3D view of USGS_LPC_WY_GrandTetonElkRefuge_2014 data
3D view of USGS_LPC_WY_GrandTetonElkRefuge_2014 data
South Dakota is home to the fabled “Black Hills.” Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie, appear black.
Capital Pierre
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 886,667
South Dakota is home to the fabled “Black Hills.” Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie, appear black.
Capital Pierre
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 886,667
Lidar point cloud of wind turbines in Kansas