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A lithodid crab seen on a bed of deep sea mussels living near a gas seep 1,600 meters below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Images courtesy Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEM/USGS.

This image was captured on Monday, May 6, by the Advanced Land Imager sensor aboard NASA's Earth Observing 1 satellite. Although this is a false-color image, the color map has been chosen to mimic what the human eye would expect to see. Bright red pixels depict areas of very high temperatures, and show active or very recently active lava flows.

Following the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, the USGS has been helping with earthquake awareness and monitoring in the country, with continued support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Following the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, the USGS has been helping with earthquake awareness and monitoring in the country, with continued support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Following the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, the USGS has been helping with earthquake awareness and monitoring in the country, with continued support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Another entry point has two larger lava streams entering the water. The lava fragments due to cooling and disruption by the battering surf, and some of these pieces float on the water's surface in front of the entry point (see lower left portion of photo).

Over the past week this spatter cone on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater has been the source of several large, but brief, lava flows on the crater floor. Today, the cone was producing pulsating gas jetting sounds.

After a 12 km (7.5 mile) journey from the vent on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone through a lava tube, lava pours into the ocean in narrow streams at one of the eastern entry points.

Over the past week this spatter cone on the floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater has been the source of several large, but brief, lava flows on the crater floor. Today, the cone was producing pulsating gas jetting sounds.

Children from a village near Kathmandu greet visitors on May 2, 2013

Damage to a local school building. Tianquan Elementary School.

Damage to a local school building. Tianquan Elementary School.

Damage to a local school building. Tianquan Elementary School.

Damage to a local school building. Tianquan Elementary School.

USGS hydrologist Dan Thomas places an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) into Fargo, N.D., floodwaters to measure streamflow on the Red River.

USGS hydrologist Dan Thomas speaks with media about USGS flood response efforts in Fargo, N.D.

A high water marker is submerged by the rising Red River during flooding in Fargo, N.D.

USGS hydrologists measuring streamflow on the Red River during spring flooding in Fargo.

Red River floodwater in downtown Fargo, N.D., overcame a public trail sign in April 2013.

The USGS Red River of the North at Fargo streamgage in Fargo, N.D., takes automatic water level measurements every 15 minutes.

A team of USGS hydrologists and technicians prepares to take an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) out on the Red River in downtown Fargo, N.D., to measure streamflow during the 2013 flood.