The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team assessed conditions at the fissure 8 cone and upper lava channel on August 17, 2018. At the time of the flight, the lava pond within the cone had crusted over with no observed incandescence.
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View Into Fissure 8 Cinder Cone
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team assessed conditions at the fissure 8 cone and upper lava channel on August 17, 2018. At the time of the flight, the lava pond within the cone had crusted over with no observed incandescence.
3D Model of Fissure 8 Cone
This 3-dimensional computer model shows the structure of the fissure 8 cone on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone. The model was created from thermal images acquired during a helicopter overflight on August 15, 2018. The cone is currently about 30 m (100 ft) tall with a broad base.
This 3-dimensional computer model shows the structure of the fissure 8 cone on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone. The model was created from thermal images acquired during a helicopter overflight on August 15, 2018. The cone is currently about 30 m (100 ft) tall with a broad base.
A RestoreNet Garden on the Colorado Plateau
A completed restoration field trial site just after installation. Half of the site is seeded, and the other half had plants and weed cloth (white fabric) installed.
A completed restoration field trial site just after installation. Half of the site is seeded, and the other half had plants and weed cloth (white fabric) installed.
Installing a restoration field trial site
These workers are planting seedlings as part of the restoration field trial network. Each garden in the network is examining seedlings and seeds in conjunction with restoration treatments to better und
These workers are planting seedlings as part of the restoration field trial network. Each garden in the network is examining seedlings and seeds in conjunction with restoration treatments to better und
Seeding treatment experiment
View of a recently installed Restoration Field Trial Network site in the rangelands of Northern Arizona.
View of a recently installed Restoration Field Trial Network site in the rangelands of Northern Arizona.
USGS Contract Scientist Taking Water Sample
Todd Preston, USGS contract scientist, collecting a surface-water sample from a Prairie Pothole wetland.
Todd Preston, USGS contract scientist, collecting a surface-water sample from a Prairie Pothole wetland.
A Field Trip to the Mountain of Water
A midwinter dawn at Halema‘uma‘u on Kīlauea. Steaming cracks tell of water and heat interacting beneath the summit caldera of the volcano. In the background, the first rays of sunlight illuminate Uēkahuna Bluff. USGS photo by E. F. Younger, December 2018.
A midwinter dawn at Halema‘uma‘u on Kīlauea. Steaming cracks tell of water and heat interacting beneath the summit caldera of the volcano. In the background, the first rays of sunlight illuminate Uēkahuna Bluff. USGS photo by E. F. Younger, December 2018.
Glaucous-winged Gull chick on Bogoslof Island in August 2018
Glaucous-winged Gull chick on Bogoslof Island in August 2018A Glaucous-winged Gull on the rock floor of the Bogoslof Volcano a year after it explosively erupted.
Glaucous-winged Gull chick on Bogoslof Island in August 2018
Glaucous-winged Gull chick on Bogoslof Island in August 2018A Glaucous-winged Gull on the rock floor of the Bogoslof Volcano a year after it explosively erupted.
Glaucous-winged Gull chick walking on Bogoslof Island in August 2018
Glaucous-winged Gull chick walking on Bogoslof Island in August 2018A Glaucous-winged Gull on the rock floor of the Bogoslof Volcano a year after it explosively erupted.
Glaucous-winged Gull chick walking on Bogoslof Island in August 2018
Glaucous-winged Gull chick walking on Bogoslof Island in August 2018A Glaucous-winged Gull on the rock floor of the Bogoslof Volcano a year after it explosively erupted.
January is Volcano Awareness Month
Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 summit collapse, shown here on July 28 (left), and the lower East Rift Zone fissure 8 lava flow, shown here on July 2 (right), will be the focus of "Volcano Awareness Month" talks offered in January 2019.
Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 summit collapse, shown here on July 28 (left), and the lower East Rift Zone fissure 8 lava flow, shown here on July 2 (right), will be the focus of "Volcano Awareness Month" talks offered in January 2019.
Routine crack check by geologists in the lower East Rift Zone
Routine crack check by geologists in the lower East Rift ZoneUSGS scientists continue to monitor some of the cracks in the lower East Rift Zone to check for any significant changes. This scientist is using an Infrared thermometer to record the temperature within the ground cracks.
Routine crack check by geologists in the lower East Rift Zone
Routine crack check by geologists in the lower East Rift ZoneUSGS scientists continue to monitor some of the cracks in the lower East Rift Zone to check for any significant changes. This scientist is using an Infrared thermometer to record the temperature within the ground cracks.
The Bay Bridge and the Oakland city skyline
The nighttime Oakland city skyline as seen from San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the foreground
The nighttime Oakland city skyline as seen from San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the foreground
Herring (top) and juvenile Chinook salmon (bottom)
Herring (top) and juvenile Chinook salmon (bottom)Herring (top) and juvenile Chinook salmon (bottom) flushed from the stomach of a resident Chinook salmon in Puget Sound.
Herring (top) and juvenile Chinook salmon (bottom)
Herring (top) and juvenile Chinook salmon (bottom)Herring (top) and juvenile Chinook salmon (bottom) flushed from the stomach of a resident Chinook salmon in Puget Sound.
Image of the Week - Mendocino Fire
Landsat 8 captured satellite views of California’s largest wildfire on record in the summer of 2018. The Mendocino Complex Fire in northern California is a combination of two fires: the Ranch Fire and the River Fire.
Landsat 8 captured satellite views of California’s largest wildfire on record in the summer of 2018. The Mendocino Complex Fire in northern California is a combination of two fires: the Ranch Fire and the River Fire.
Land Treatment Planning Tool planning map
The Land Treatment Planning Tool provides a practical resource for managers who are planning restoration and rehabilitation actions on public lands. The Planning Tool is a user friendly, web-based interface to Geographic Information System (GIS) maps and tools, and requires little to no GIS experience to generate a variety of spatial products.
The Land Treatment Planning Tool provides a practical resource for managers who are planning restoration and rehabilitation actions on public lands. The Planning Tool is a user friendly, web-based interface to Geographic Information System (GIS) maps and tools, and requires little to no GIS experience to generate a variety of spatial products.
Ninety days with no lava: a milestone for Kīlauea's 2018 eruption
Ninety days with no lava: a milestone for Kīlauea's 2018 eruptionView into fissure 8 cone in Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone, after lava drained away. USGS webcam image from November 4, 2018.
Ninety days with no lava: a milestone for Kīlauea's 2018 eruption
Ninety days with no lava: a milestone for Kīlauea's 2018 eruptionView into fissure 8 cone in Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone, after lava drained away. USGS webcam image from November 4, 2018.
Drone Demos at 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
USGS drone demonstration at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
USGS drone demonstration at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
Drone Demos at 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll USGS drone demonstration
2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll USGS drone demonstration
Drone Demos at 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
USGS drone demonstration at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
USGS drone demonstration at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
Future Pilots!
Sandy Brosnahan, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's Aerial Imaging and Mapping project lead, shares the display screen of a drone in flight
Sandy Brosnahan, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's Aerial Imaging and Mapping project lead, shares the display screen of a drone in flight
Lake Thompson, South Dakota
Many lakes in South Dakota's Prairie Pothole Region are expanding. Lake Thompson in eastern South Dakota is one that has displayed remarkable change in recent decades.
Many lakes in South Dakota's Prairie Pothole Region are expanding. Lake Thompson in eastern South Dakota is one that has displayed remarkable change in recent decades.