Skinny Common Murre with keel protruding. Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
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Skinny Common Murre with keel protruding
Skinny Common Murre with keel protruding. Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
A USGS guide for finding and interpreting high-water marks
A USGS guide for finding and interpreting high-water marksHigh-water marks provide valuable data for understanding recent and historical flood events. The proper collection and recording of high-water mark data from perishable and preserved evidence informs flood assessments, research, and water resource management.
A USGS guide for finding and interpreting high-water marks
A USGS guide for finding and interpreting high-water marksHigh-water marks provide valuable data for understanding recent and historical flood events. The proper collection and recording of high-water mark data from perishable and preserved evidence informs flood assessments, research, and water resource management.
ECCC Robot Assisted Vision Slide 1
ECCC Robot Assisted Vision Slide Two
ECCC Robot Assisted Vision Slide Two
Jennifer Lacey: Leading USGS in Space
For this native South Dakotan, a love for math and a college trip to EROS in Sioux Falls, SD led to overseeing USGS's Landsat operations including the upcoming 2020 launch of Landsat 9. Read Jennifer's story and other #womeninscience stories at https://bit.ly/2D1RHk5
For this native South Dakotan, a love for math and a college trip to EROS in Sioux Falls, SD led to overseeing USGS's Landsat operations including the upcoming 2020 launch of Landsat 9. Read Jennifer's story and other #womeninscience stories at https://bit.ly/2D1RHk5
Treating Phragmites in the Laboratory
The untreated non-native Phragmites plant (left) appears healthy; the organically treated plants (right) appear dead.
The untreated non-native Phragmites plant (left) appears healthy; the organically treated plants (right) appear dead.
Whitebark pine cone, opened and in a seed trap
Whitebark pine cone on a seed trap
Former site of San Clemente Dam, Carmel River
San Clemente Dam was a 106-foot-high concrete arch dam that was located approximately 18.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean on the Carmel River. It was built in 1921 to create a reservoir to support the growing residential, agricultural, and tourism-related development.
San Clemente Dam was a 106-foot-high concrete arch dam that was located approximately 18.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean on the Carmel River. It was built in 1921 to create a reservoir to support the growing residential, agricultural, and tourism-related development.
Measuring a high water mark as flooding recedes
USGS hydrographer Kyle Marchman measures a high water mark on the rear wall of a Kangaroo gas station on Highway 24 north of Fayetteville, NC on Sept. 18, 2018, after flooding caused by Hurricane Florence.
USGS hydrographer Kyle Marchman measures a high water mark on the rear wall of a Kangaroo gas station on Highway 24 north of Fayetteville, NC on Sept. 18, 2018, after flooding caused by Hurricane Florence.
Parrotfish grazing on coral in Buck Island Reef National Monument
Parrotfish grazing on coral in Buck Island Reef National MonumentParrotfish grazing on coral within an Acropora palmata framework in Buck Island Reef National Monument
Parrotfish grazing on coral in Buck Island Reef National Monument
Parrotfish grazing on coral in Buck Island Reef National MonumentParrotfish grazing on coral within an Acropora palmata framework in Buck Island Reef National Monument
Image of the Week - Beetle Damage in the Black Hills
Image of the Week - Beetle Damage in the Black HillsPonderosa pine forests in the Black Hills of South Dakota are the focus of this week’s USGS Image of the Week.
Image of the Week - Beetle Damage in the Black Hills
Image of the Week - Beetle Damage in the Black HillsPonderosa pine forests in the Black Hills of South Dakota are the focus of this week’s USGS Image of the Week.
Measuring the Lumber River floodwaters
James Stonecypher measures flood waters from the Lumber River that breached a dam in Lumberton, North Carolina after the passage of Hurricane Florence, Sept. 17, 2018.
James Stonecypher measures flood waters from the Lumber River that breached a dam in Lumberton, North Carolina after the passage of Hurricane Florence, Sept. 17, 2018.
Mules loaded with sampling equipment and supplies, Yellowstone
Mules loaded with sampling equipment and supplies, YellowstoneMules loaded with sampling equipment and supplies for a mission to collect gas and thermal water samples from the Bechler River area in the southwest part of Yellowstone National Park.
Mules loaded with sampling equipment and supplies, Yellowstone
Mules loaded with sampling equipment and supplies, YellowstoneMules loaded with sampling equipment and supplies for a mission to collect gas and thermal water samples from the Bechler River area in the southwest part of Yellowstone National Park.
Outstanding in the field
USGS Research Geologist Dr. Erika Lentz is conducting real-time kinematic GPS surveys on barrier island dunes, part of her research looking at how coastal landscapes respond to sea-level rise.
USGS Research Geologist Dr. Erika Lentz is conducting real-time kinematic GPS surveys on barrier island dunes, part of her research looking at how coastal landscapes respond to sea-level rise.
Thermal feature along Ferris Fork near Bechler River, Yellowstone
Thermal feature along Ferris Fork near Bechler River, YellowstoneAn unnamed but charismatic thermal feature alongside Ferris Fork, near the Bechler River. The center of the pool is roiling with gas bubbles, but not boiling! The pool is only about 180 degrees F (81 degrees C), and all the gas is bubbling up from underground.
Thermal feature along Ferris Fork near Bechler River, Yellowstone
Thermal feature along Ferris Fork near Bechler River, YellowstoneAn unnamed but charismatic thermal feature alongside Ferris Fork, near the Bechler River. The center of the pool is roiling with gas bubbles, but not boiling! The pool is only about 180 degrees F (81 degrees C), and all the gas is bubbling up from underground.
As Florence rains, rivers keep rising, submerging some USGS instrument
As Florence rains, rivers keep rising, submerging some USGS instrumentA WaterWatch web map shows streamgages in North and South Carolina that approached or exceeded major flood stage EST on September 19, 2018, as the former Hurricane Florence, now downgraded to a tropical depression, deluged the states with rain.
As Florence rains, rivers keep rising, submerging some USGS instrument
As Florence rains, rivers keep rising, submerging some USGS instrumentA WaterWatch web map shows streamgages in North and South Carolina that approached or exceeded major flood stage EST on September 19, 2018, as the former Hurricane Florence, now downgraded to a tropical depression, deluged the states with rain.
Cottonwood Fire, 2016
October 16, 2018, marks the two-year anniversary of the Cottonwood Fire in western South Dakota. The fire consumed a large swath of grassland near the community of Wall and just north of Badlands National Park.
October 16, 2018, marks the two-year anniversary of the Cottonwood Fire in western South Dakota. The fire consumed a large swath of grassland near the community of Wall and just north of Badlands National Park.
Did groundwater trigger explosive eruptions at Kīlauea?
Did groundwater trigger explosive eruptions at Kīlauea?Explosive eruption columns of ash rising from Halema‘uma‘u at 11:15 a.m. on May 18, 1924 (top) and at 11:05 a.m. on May 15, 2018 (bottom) look similar.
Did groundwater trigger explosive eruptions at Kīlauea?
Did groundwater trigger explosive eruptions at Kīlauea?Explosive eruption columns of ash rising from Halema‘uma‘u at 11:15 a.m. on May 18, 1924 (top) and at 11:05 a.m. on May 15, 2018 (bottom) look similar.
Ear Spring, Yellowstone National Park
Ear Spring photographed on September 16, 2018. Rocks and other debris on the ground surrounding the spring were ejected during the September 15 water eruption. The spring is dry in this photo.
Ear Spring photographed on September 16, 2018. Rocks and other debris on the ground surrounding the spring were ejected during the September 15 water eruption. The spring is dry in this photo.
Following the draining of magma from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on Ap
Following the draining of magma from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on ApFollowing the draining of magma from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on April 30, 2018, the crater was roughly 356 meters (1168 feet) deep. The upper part of the crater was flaring, with the deepest portion a narrower cylindrical shaft.
Following the draining of magma from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on Ap
Following the draining of magma from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on ApFollowing the draining of magma from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on April 30, 2018, the crater was roughly 356 meters (1168 feet) deep. The upper part of the crater was flaring, with the deepest portion a narrower cylindrical shaft.
Working to keep vital flood information flowing in the Carolinas
Working to keep vital flood information flowing in the CarolinasDavid Stillwell, USGS hydrologic technician, performs a discharge measurement to help document and forecast flooding caused by Hurricane Florence at Long Creek in Rhyne, North Carolina on Sept. 16.
Working to keep vital flood information flowing in the Carolinas
Working to keep vital flood information flowing in the CarolinasDavid Stillwell, USGS hydrologic technician, performs a discharge measurement to help document and forecast flooding caused by Hurricane Florence at Long Creek in Rhyne, North Carolina on Sept. 16.
Strom sensor deployed in Pennsylvania for Hurricane Florence
Strom sensor deployed in Pennsylvania for Hurricane FlorenceThis photo shows one of 8 storm sensors deployed in Pennsylvania to monitor the potential effects Hurricane Florence could have on already high rivers across the state. Photo by Matthew Gyves, USGS.
Strom sensor deployed in Pennsylvania for Hurricane Florence
Strom sensor deployed in Pennsylvania for Hurricane FlorenceThis photo shows one of 8 storm sensors deployed in Pennsylvania to monitor the potential effects Hurricane Florence could have on already high rivers across the state. Photo by Matthew Gyves, USGS.