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A fisheries technician prepares to release a tagged pallid sturgeon into the Yellowstone River, Montana
A fisheries technician prepares to release a tagged pallid sturgeon
A fisheries technician prepares to release a tagged pallid sturgeon
A fisheries technician prepares to release a tagged pallid sturgeon

A fisheries technician prepares to release a tagged pallid sturgeon into the Yellowstone River, Montana

Aerial View of Divers Conducting a Transect
Aerial View of Divers Conducting a Transect
Aerial View of Divers Conducting a Transect

Diver completing a transect with the dive camera while another diver stands on the center pivot to keep it upright. The transect is a circle and is being controlled with the line attached to the pivot.
 

Diver completing a transect with the dive camera while another diver stands on the center pivot to keep it upright. The transect is a circle and is being controlled with the line attached to the pivot.
 

Dive Camera POV
Dive Camera POV
Dive Camera POV

Diver point of view from above the dive camera system. This is a transect over rocky substrate with some cladophora on the bottom of Lake Ontario.
 

Diver point of view from above the dive camera system. This is a transect over rocky substrate with some cladophora on the bottom of Lake Ontario.
 

Sampling Cladophora in Lake Ontario
Sampling Cladophora in Lake Ontario
Sampling Cladophora in Lake Ontario

Cladophora sampling site with brick marker and quadrat. Divers put cladophora samples from inside quadrat into bags to take back to the lab.
 

Cladophora sampling site with brick marker and quadrat. Divers put cladophora samples from inside quadrat into bags to take back to the lab.
 

Sampling Cladophora with the Gobies
Sampling Cladophora with the Gobies
Sampling Cladophora with the Gobies

Quadrat for sampling cladophora with gobies swimming around. There is another quadrat in the distance for a different sampling site.
 

Quadrat for sampling cladophora with gobies swimming around. There is another quadrat in the distance for a different sampling site.
 

50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas per day
50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas per day
50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas per day
50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas per day

In mid-July 2018, fissure 8 (shown here) on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone was emitting more than 50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas per day, creating high levels of vog on the island. Since early August, lower East Rift Zone SO2 emissions have dropped to less than 100 tons per day, resulting in better air quality for Hawaii.

In mid-July 2018, fissure 8 (shown here) on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone was emitting more than 50,000 tons of sulfur dioxide gas per day, creating high levels of vog on the island. Since early August, lower East Rift Zone SO2 emissions have dropped to less than 100 tons per day, resulting in better air quality for Hawaii.

Before and after views of a water fall.  First shows light flow of water over the falls, the second shows heavy flow.
Impact of Hurricane Lane on Wailuku River
Impact of Hurricane Lane on Wailuku River
Impact of Hurricane Lane on Wailuku River

Two views from the Rainbow Falls overlook, downstream of the Wailuku River streamgage near Hilo, Hawaii. The image on the left shows a typical base flow of about 35 cubic feet per second (cfs). The image on the right shows the early impact of Hurricane Lane with a flow of about 26,000 cfs taken at 8:35 a.m. HST, August 23, 2018. This U.S.

Two views from the Rainbow Falls overlook, downstream of the Wailuku River streamgage near Hilo, Hawaii. The image on the left shows a typical base flow of about 35 cubic feet per second (cfs). The image on the right shows the early impact of Hurricane Lane with a flow of about 26,000 cfs taken at 8:35 a.m. HST, August 23, 2018. This U.S.

Skinny Common Murre flying with keel protruding. Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Skinny Common Murre flying with keel protruding
Skinny Common Murre flying with keel protruding
Skinny Common Murre flying with keel protruding

Skinny Common Murre with keel protruding. Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

View from the sky of a marsh with many sinuous channels near larger body of water, the spit of land on the right has buildings.
View of Unalakleet from the air
View of Unalakleet from the air
View of Unalakleet from the air

Unalakleet village on the low-lying barrier spit at the inlet of the Unalakleet River and Norton Sound, Alaska.

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Why do some Hawaii earthquakes occur so far offshore?
Why do some Hawaii earthquakes occur so far offshore?
Why do some Hawaii earthquakes occur so far offshore?

Many of the earthquakes in Hawaii that extend offshore and up the island chain are due to plate bending, or flexure. The upper panel shows magnitude-5 and greater earthquakes since 1861, with some notable events labeled.

Many of the earthquakes in Hawaii that extend offshore and up the island chain are due to plate bending, or flexure. The upper panel shows magnitude-5 and greater earthquakes since 1861, with some notable events labeled.

Gills from Lost Rver suckers with a heavy infestation of Ichthyobodo sp. (arrows)
Gills from Lost River Suckers - heavy infestation of Ichthyobodo sp.
Gills from Lost River Suckers - heavy infestation of Ichthyobodo sp.
Gills from Lost River Suckers - heavy infestation of Ichthyobodo sp.

Gills from Lost River suckers with a heavy infestation of Ichthyobodo sp. (arrows).  Slide is stained with hematoxylin and eosin.

Returning to the Vessel After Sampling
Returning to the Vessel After Sampling
Returning to the Vessel After Sampling

Diver travelling along the surface of the lake along with the dive camera system. The crew on the boat are there to meet the divers along with pulling the center pivot back onto the boat with the help of the davit.
 

Diver travelling along the surface of the lake along with the dive camera system. The crew on the boat are there to meet the divers along with pulling the center pivot back onto the boat with the help of the davit.
 

Smallmouth Bass Checks Out Divers During a Transect
Smallmouth Bass Checks Out Divers During a Transect
Smallmouth Bass Checks Out Divers During a Transect

Smallmouth bass swimming near lake bottom. The camera pans up a couple times to show the center pivot where the diver is holding on.
 

Smallmouth bass swimming near lake bottom. The camera pans up a couple times to show the center pivot where the diver is holding on.
 

A Peregrine Falcon flies off with a Black-legged Kittiwake from its colony at Gull Island, Alaska
A Peregrine Falcon flies off with a Black-legged Kittiwake
A Peregrine Falcon flies off with a Black-legged Kittiwake
A Peregrine Falcon flies off with a Black-legged Kittiwake

A Peregrine Falcon flies off with a Black-legged Kittiwake from its colony at Gull Island, Alaska.

Photo of a USGS hydrologist documenting a water-covered street with a flooded semi in the ditch.
Documenting August 2018 flooding in the Madison, Wisconsin, area
Documenting August 2018 flooding in the Madison, Wisconsin, area
Documenting August 2018 flooding in the Madison, Wisconsin, area

A USGS hydrologist documents a flooded street near the Sugar River in Verona, Wisconsin. This image was taken after the area received near-record rainfall on August 20, 2018.

A USGS hydrologist documents a flooded street near the Sugar River in Verona, Wisconsin. This image was taken after the area received near-record rainfall on August 20, 2018.

Image of the Week - One Year Ago: Eclipse Darkens Nebraska
Image of the Week - One Year Ago: Eclipse Darkens Nebraska
Image of the Week - One Year Ago: Eclipse Darkens Nebraska

A total solar eclipse darkened the skies over the United States on Aug. 21, 2017.

Fourteen states were in the path of totality, a 70-mile-wide band under which the moon fully blocked the sun for just under three minutes.

A total solar eclipse darkened the skies over the United States on Aug. 21, 2017.

Fourteen states were in the path of totality, a 70-mile-wide band under which the moon fully blocked the sun for just under three minutes.

Kīlauea Volcano's Lower East Rift Zone
Kīlauea Volcano's Lower East Rift Zone
Kīlauea Volcano's Lower East Rift Zone

An Unmanned Aircraft Systems overflight of fissure 8 on August 21, 2018, showed no incandescence within the cinder cone. Minor amounts of gases, primarily steam, rose from the north wall of the cinder cone and from areas along the lower East Rift Zone.

An Unmanned Aircraft Systems overflight of fissure 8 on August 21, 2018, showed no incandescence within the cinder cone. Minor amounts of gases, primarily steam, rose from the north wall of the cinder cone and from areas along the lower East Rift Zone.

Two divers use a tripod and drill to take a coral core
USGS scientists drill a coral-reef core in the Florida Keys
USGS scientists drill a coral-reef core in the Florida Keys
USGS scientists drill a coral-reef core in the Florida Keys

Research Oceanographer Lauren Toth and student volunteer Liz Whitcher drill a coral-reef core from a reef off Key West, Florida, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo taken under research permit FKNMS-2015-058. Credit: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, USGS.

Research Oceanographer Lauren Toth and student volunteer Liz Whitcher drill a coral-reef core from a reef off Key West, Florida, in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo taken under research permit FKNMS-2015-058. Credit: Anastasios Stathakopoulos, USGS.

Citizen Scientists identifying invertebrates collected in  Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park Dragonfly Mercury Project Sampling
Yellowstone National Park Dragonfly Mercury Project Sampling
Yellowstone National Park Dragonfly Mercury Project Sampling

This image shows citizen scientists along with National Park Service personnel identifying invertebrates as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project.

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