Images

First high-definition thermal image of the Halema‘uma‘u lava lake in the New Year, taken shortly after midnight on January 1, 2018. This camera was deployed to track the dynamic surface activity of the lava lake at the summit of Kīlauea.

Dawn breaks behind one of the bottom landers on deployment day.

Sediment transport team members attach a quick-release to the top of a bottom lander prior to deployment

Sediment transport team members manage tag lines to control the motion of the bottom lander as it is deployed.

Sediment transport team members prepare to deploy a buoy instrumented with Meteorological sensors

An instrumented bottom lander platform is lowered off the stern of the R/V Savannah during deploment

 Sediment transport team members assemble chain, shackles and pear links that are are attached to the anchor and floats as part of deploying a mooring.

The buoy that measures meteorological conditions at the site after deployment.

A look into the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Marine Minerals Laboratory Suite.

A look into the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Marine Minerals Laboratory Suite.

Perspective views of multibeam bathymetry data acquired by the USGS aboard the R/V Medeia. Shallower depths in red. Arrows point to the distinct line in the seafloor associated with the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault.

Image of flyer for GeoGirls 2017 science field camp at Mount St. Helens which was held July 30 to August 3, 2017.

Mount Jefferson, Oregon simplified hazards map showing potential impact area for ground-based hazards during a volcanic event.

Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY

USGS R/V Stephens operating within Lake Powell, UT-AZ.  A multibeam echosounder is deployed off the starboard side of the vessel and is used to collect depth information within the reservoir.

Example of lidar-derived metric products of canopy structure. A) Image showing an area characterized by varied forest strands.  (Red box shows from where profile data in E area taken.) B) Lidar-derived maximum canopy height.  C) Lidar-derived height of low- to medium-height vegetation beneath the overstory canopy.

Browse graphic of the sediment textuer and geomorphology data of the sea floor from Fenwick Island, MD to FIsherman's Island, VA

Location map for Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey, data release.

Location Map of Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York

Location map of HARS site

Basemap of the United States with an overview image of elevation models