Images

Autumnal reflection in the Shepaug River Peter's Dam gage pool looking upstream at the dam with the gage in view (site 01202501 at Woodville, CT). The blue sky and Autumn leaves cast a reflection in the gage pool.

NYS DEC Oneida Fish Hatchery; native species; Restoration Ecology; Tunison Lab Aquatic Sciences; New York; Lake sturgeon; Dawn Dittman USGS; fingerling; 43.21988, -77.61486; Lake sturgeon implanted with radio chip and tagged with yellow floy tag; 

On October 6, 2016, scientists lower an instrument package on a taut-wire mooring into the canyon. The sediment trap (long funnel-shaped device) is designed to capture mud and sand carried in turbidity flows; the other sensors measure currents and suspended sediment.

This was an early morning capture as the sun was rising at Schwabacher's Landing, Wyoming. The heavy cloud cover shielded the Grand Tetons from full view, but as we sat there, a small sliver of the mountains peeked through the clouds just long enough to take a few shots.

Sediment trap is being prepared for deployment into Monterey Canyon offshore of Monterey, California.

This video clip shows typical spattering activity in Kīlauea's summit lava lake. This spattering was occurring along the eastern margin of the lake on the evening of October 5.

Eagle Creek at Zionsville, IN downstream of gage

Eagle Creek at Zionsville, IN under the bridge

National Wildlife Health Center pathologist Susan Knowles obtains a skin biopsy for analysis under a microscope from a Coluber constrictor (North American racer) submitted for diagnostic testing.

This U.S. Geological Survey storm-tide sensor was installed on a pier pylon near Big Talbot Island State Park in Duval County, Florida, in preparation for Hurricane Matthew's arrival. 

Waterborne resistivity profiling in progress on the Tallahatchie River, Leflore County, Mississippi.  GPS unit and depth sounder are visible attached to the front of the boat and the cable with electrodes can be seen just behind the outboard motor.  Photo by Shane Stocks, 2016

A shot taken from the walkway behind the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. 

The new Damage Assessment and Restoration Tracking System (DARTS) Web site provides an interactive map that identifies Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) cases. The shapes of icons represent incident type; icon color represents the status of the case.

USGS scientists conduct passive seismic study in the Washita Reach 1 study area.

This morning, spattering along the eastern margin of Kīlauea's summit lava lake built an overhanging ledge that was attached to the Overlook Crater wall. In this image, a few long stalactites can be seen dangling from the overhang (lower right). These stalactites were flexible enough to be swinging back and forth.

This video shows spattering in two locations of Kīlauea's summit lava lake. In the first segment, spattering is active in a small area in the southern portion of the lake. In the second segment, spattering on the east margin of the lake has created an overhanging ledge with dangling lava stalactites.

USGS scientist David Fey walking through the Eureka Graben in the Silverton caldera complex.

A female mosquito (Aedes japonicus) reared from larvae collected from the Kawaikoi Stream, Kauai.

USGS hydrologic technician Jym Chapman (above) installs a rapid deployment gauge to measure water-surface elevation and other data in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, prior to Hurricane Matthew’s approach in October 2016. Hydrologist Tim Pojunas (below) measures an elevation reference point used to calibrate the newly installed RDG.

Jennifer Flannery at the USGS exhibitor booth at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) in Long Beach, California, from October 13–15, 2016

Kawaikoi Stream crossing in the Alaka‘i Swamp, Kaua‘i