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Lava continues to enter the ocean around Kupapa`u Point...
Lava continues to enter the ocean around Kupapa`u Point
Lava continues to enter the ocean around Kupapa`u Point
Lava continues to enter the ocean around Kupapa`u Point

A stream of lava cascades down the sea cliff at the ocean entry, near the eastern boundary of the National Park. This spot was one of several where lava was reaching the water.

A stream of lava cascades down the sea cliff at the ocean entry, near the eastern boundary of the National Park. This spot was one of several where lava was reaching the water.

Channel system at Coldwater Lake outlet revealed after alder trees ...
Channel system at Coldwater Lake outlet revealed after alder trees ...
Channel system at Coldwater Lake outlet revealed after alder trees ...
Channel system at Coldwater Lake outlet revealed after alder trees ...

Channel system at Coldwater Lake outlet revealed after alder trees drop leaves, South Coldwater Creek, Mount St. Helens, southeast view to Johnston Ridge.

image related to volcanoes. See description
Kīlauea Summit Activity
Kīlauea Summit Activity
Kīlauea Summit Activity

At around 7:30 a.m. HST, Rock-fall scar near the right edge at Halema‘uma‘u. Half an hour later, the black streak was no longer visible.

At around 7:30 a.m. HST, Rock-fall scar near the right edge at Halema‘uma‘u. Half an hour later, the black streak was no longer visible.

snow-capped volcano, Mount Hood on the horizon, with city of Portland, Oregon in foreground
Mount Hood and Portland, Oregon
Mount Hood and Portland, Oregon
Mount Hood and Portland, Oregon

Mount Hood in the not-so-far distance beyond downtown Portland, Oregon. Photograph taken at the top of the Portland Aerial Tram line on Marquam Hill.

Mount Hood in the not-so-far distance beyond downtown Portland, Oregon. Photograph taken at the top of the Portland Aerial Tram line on Marquam Hill.

Data logger suspended above a channel with a person pointing up at it from the bottom of the channel
Millicoma Meander study basin
Millicoma Meander study basin
Millicoma Meander study basin

Photograph of the channel station showing the laser distance meter (in red circle) high above the channel used to measure stage (height) of flow in the channel.

Photograph of the channel station showing the laser distance meter (in red circle) high above the channel used to measure stage (height) of flow in the channel.

Island of Hawai‘i map, showing Mauna Loa and the other four volcano...
Island of Hawai‘i map, showing Mauna Loa and the other four volcano...
Island of Hawai‘i map, showing Mauna Loa and the other four volcano...
Island of Hawai‘i map, showing Mauna Loa and the other four volcano...

Island of Hawai‘i map, showing Mauna Loa and the other four volcanoes that make up the island. Mauna Loa structural features include summit caldera, rift zones, radial vents, and historical lava flows.

Photo of Sunset Beach, Florida, during tropical storm Colin in June 2016
Photo of Sunset Beach, Florida, during tropical storm Colin, June 2016
Photo of Sunset Beach, Florida, during tropical storm Colin, June 2016
Photo of Sunset Beach, Florida, during tropical storm Colin, June 2016

Photo of Sunset Beach, Florida, during tropical storm Colin in June 2016. The storm resulted in large waves and elevated water levels that caused erosion in this area, as can be seen in the scarp forming at the vegetation line. CMHRP researchers surveyed the elevation of the beach before and after the storm to quantify the storm's impacts.

Photo of Sunset Beach, Florida, during tropical storm Colin in June 2016. The storm resulted in large waves and elevated water levels that caused erosion in this area, as can be seen in the scarp forming at the vegetation line. CMHRP researchers surveyed the elevation of the beach before and after the storm to quantify the storm's impacts.

snow-covered Mt. Hood volcano on the horizon overlooking tall building in city of Portland
Mount Hood
Mount Hood
Mount Hood

Mount Hood dominates the skyline outside Portland, Oregon on a clear day. A major eruption of Mount Hood would pose a great hazard to the regional economy.

Mount Hood dominates the skyline outside Portland, Oregon on a clear day. A major eruption of Mount Hood would pose a great hazard to the regional economy.

Underwater view of coral in some shades of pink where it is alive, shades of brown and green where it's dying.
Healthy vs. unhealthy corals
Healthy vs. unhealthy corals
Healthy vs. unhealthy corals

Underwater photograph off Molokaʻi Hawaiʻi, showing some of the impacts of land-based pollution, such as terrestrial sediment, on coral reefs: burial by sediment, algal overgrowth, and coral bleaching.

Underwater photograph off Molokaʻi Hawaiʻi, showing some of the impacts of land-based pollution, such as terrestrial sediment, on coral reefs: burial by sediment, algal overgrowth, and coral bleaching.

Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod

Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod Bay including some images of geophysical and sample data available in the associated report.

Volcano hazard zone map for Lassen Volcanic Region in Northern Cali...
Volcano hazard zone map for Lassen Volcanic Region in Northern CA p...
Volcano hazard zone map for Lassen Volcanic Region in Northern CA p...
Volcano hazard zone map for Lassen Volcanic Region in Northern CA p...

Volcanic Hazard Assessment for the Lassen Region, California is based upon a comprehensive investigation of the eruptive history and possible future eruption scenarios with associated volcanic hazards.

Aerial imagery sequence of Indian Point, Louisiana, showing shoreline erosion since 1950
Aerial imagery sequence of Indian Point, Louisiana, 1950–2012
Aerial imagery sequence of Indian Point, Louisiana, 1950–2012
map of acoustic backscatter intensity of the seafloor in Buzzards Bay, MA
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity

Acoustic backscatter intensity data are an indication of the relative hardness or softness of the sea floor, which is closely related to sediment texture and cohesion. The map shows acoustic backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Acoustic backscatter intensity data are an indication of the relative hardness or softness of the sea floor, which is closely related to sediment texture and cohesion. The map shows acoustic backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Middle Sister volcano's east face with shingled stacks of thin lava...
Middle Sister volcano's east face with shingled stacks of thin lava...
Middle Sister volcano's east face with shingled stacks of thin lava...
Middle Sister volcano's east face with shingled stacks of thin lava...

The east face of Middle Sister is 350 m (1150 ft) high. Ice-sculpted pile of lavas at right, variously called "Black Hump," "Prouty Point," or "Step Sister," has 190 m of relief and consists of at least five flows.

Aerial view of lava tube across landscape
A lava tube trace (dark sinuous shape) along the ground surface.
A lava tube trace (dark sinuous shape) along the ground surface.
landscape view of bare rock on distant mountain with forest below in foreground.
Headscarp of the Red Bluffs landslide in the Columbia Gorge
Headscarp of the Red Bluffs landslide in the Columbia Gorge
Headscarp of the Red Bluffs landslide in the Columbia Gorge

View upslope to the headscarp of the Red Bluffs landslide, seen from the surface of the Crescent Lake landslide, in the Columbia Gorge.

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