Images

A wider view of a portion of the Kahauale‘a 2 flow margin at the forest boundary.

On Kīlauea's East Rift Zone, the Kahauale'a 2 flow advances slowly into the Puna Forest Reserve. The Kahauale`a 2 flow began in early May, 2013, on the north side of the rift.

The Kahauale‘a 2 flow, which is active north of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, is fed from a vent at this cone on the northeast rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater. Small openings at the top of the cone contain sloshing lava, and two skylights at the very start of the Kahauale‘a 2 lava tube provided views of a swiftly moving lava stream rushing downslope.

This thermal image shows the eastern ocean entry at Kupapa‘u Point. Just inland from the entry point a patch of slightly warmer temperatures indicates an area of recent small breakouts.

Investigators prepare to place a Shallow Water Irradience Platform (SWIP) at a site in Barnegat Bay, NJ.

USGS research supports wetland conservation as critical habitat, Cape Cod, MA

Carbon dioxide gas detection instrument installed at Horseshoe Lake, Mammoth Mountain, California.

Teachers take a guided walk on the Hummocks Trail, learning about the depositional features of the May 18, 1980 eruption.

USGS and Summer Interns from the Partnership Education Program (PEP) program sampling over a tidal cycle.

Equipment used for a measuring lateral fluxes over tidal cycle

Todd Cullings, with the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, leads teachers in activities they can do with students before hiking the Hummocks Trail.

Localized flooding on Hidewood Creek near Estelline, SD, on June 23, 2013. Severe storms during June 21-22, 2013, in eastern South Dakota resulted in high flows in several streams across the area. The peak discharge on Hidewood Creek (streamgage 06479640) from this storm event was about 4,200 cubic feet per second.

This geologic map of Mauna Loa shows surface flows that have been mapped as of 2013. The flows are color-coded to reflect age. Warm colors indicate younger flows, with red indicating flows erupted since 1832. Cooler colors indicate older flows, such as at South Point, which is covered by flows ranging from 7,000 to more than 21,000 years old (blues and purple).

Temporary dormitory for students in movable plank houses for the students.

Damage to a village house.

Damage to a village house.

Damage to a local school building. Guozhang Middle School.

Damage to a local school building. Guozhang Middle School.

Students having class in temporary movable plank houses.

Temporary movable plank houses for the students.

Landslide in the earthquake.