Images

The Hawaii County Fire Department captured this image of Isaac Hale Park and boat ramp during their overflight of the area late this afternoon.

The CVO Sediment Laboratory works closely with scientist in providing authentic and reliable data to support their research.

Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV) students Javier Pacheco (Costa Rica) and Syegi Kunrat (Indonesia) participate in field studies at Mount St. Helens.

Several birds take a closer view of the ocean entry. Narrow streams of lava were battered by the surf as they poured into the water.

Burned area within the Yarnell Hill Fire near Yarnell Arizona.

USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff conducting LiDAR scans and a GPS survey within the burned area of the Yarnell. 

USGS scientists Jeff Cordova and Fletcher Brinkerhoff set up the LiDAR and GPS equipment to survey a burned watershed within the Yarnell Hill Fire.

The ocean entry at Kupapa‘u Point remains active, with several lava steams entering the water creating a moderate plume.

Island residents are encouraged to practice "Drop! Cover! Hold on!" during the Great Hawaii ShakeOut drill at 10:17 a.m. on October 17, 2013. Taking these actions during an earthquake will greatly reduce your risk of injury or death. For more information, please visit http://shakeout.org/hawaii/.

At Mount Baker, Washington, observers noted continuing landslide activity in the upper Middle Fork Nooksack drainage that resulted in small debris flows and muddy floods. Scientists from multiple agencies and institutions coordinated observations, surveying, and sampling to gain an understanding of the situation.

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.

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

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.

Equipment used for a measuring lateral fluxes over tidal cycle

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.

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