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Our last few city hall challenges have been rather large, so we thought we’d change things up with a Lightning Challenge for City / Town Halls in...

Volunteers made some major progress on this challenge with over 250 edits since last week - NICE WORK!!  

This challenge is now complete! Thank you to everyone who contributed!

This challenge is now complete! Thank you to everyone who contributed!

Landsat satellites have monitored the Earth’s surface for nearly 50 years, providing critical information for countless areas of study and real-world...

The U.S. Geological Survey is pleased to announce that David Brostuen has been selected as Director of the USGS National Geospatial Technical...

Satellite Orbital Space Flight Operations Center setting up at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in South Dakota

On a ranking of states using water for irrigation, seeing California at the top probably wouldn’t surprise you. But would you expect Idaho to follow...

Summary statistics are now available for this challenge. Thanks again to everyone who contributed!

The USGS Earthshots website, managed by the Communication & Outreach department at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center...