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Pete Cinotto - 2019 Cooperator Meeting - USGS in Kentucky History

Pete Cinotto 2019 cooperator meeting

Dave Lampe - OKI 2019 Cooperator Meeting

Chris Kephart - OKI 2019 Cooperator Meeting. 

Gary Martin - OKI 2019 Cooperator Meeting - Gary provided a hands-on demonstration on using the StreamStats application.

Angie Crain - OKI 2019 Cooperator Meeting

Neal Craig Technology demonstration at the OKI 2019 cooperator meeting

Pete Cinotto 2019 cooperator meeting

Crater Hill, Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Cheryl Morrison and Christina Kellogg collect water from the two Niskin bottles after they were removed from the ROV post-dive.

The two Niskin bottles used to collect deep-sea water samples are mounted to the bottom of ROV Jason and can be triggered by the ROV’s manipulator arms.

Weather at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

USGS gage number 05051522, Red River of The North at Hickson, ND. This gage is managed by the Dakota Water Science Center.

USGS gage 05079000 Red Lake River at Crookston, MN manged by Dakota Water Science Center.

USGS gage number 02310678 Homosassa Springs at Homosassa Springs, FL photo 2

USGS gage number 02310678 Homosassa Springs at Homosassa Springs, FL 

USGS Staff running levels-Green River at Spottsville, KY.

USGS Earth MRI FY19 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Learn About Water!

Earth's water is always in movement, and the natural water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water is always changing states between liquid, vapor, and ice, with these processes happening in the blink of an eye and over

Learn About Water!

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have teamed up to create a water-cycle diagram for schools and kids. It is available in over 30 languages and also in an interactive version made for online

Thermal map of Kīlauea Caldera

View of the ocean off the central California coast at the start of a flight.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Pilot Barry expertly flies the plane at the correct survey speed and altitude to obtain crisp, clear images.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Biological Technician Laura (Laney) White adjusts camera settings during a survey.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Biological Technician Amelia DuVall views data in real time during an aerial photographic survey.

A USGS technician steers a watercraft with floodwaters in the background during record Midwest flooding in spring 2019.

Two USGS technicians observe water measurements from a boat with flooding in the background during record Midwest flooding in spring 2019.

SPMSC scientist Lauren Toth conducts a photographic survey of Porter Patch reef off Key Largo, one of the sites that has been surveyed as part of FWRI’s Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring project since 1996. The modern reef surveys will be compared to historic surveys to determine how much structural complexity the reefs of the Florida Keys have lost over the past two decades

David Sullivan, USGS, using an ice bar to chip away at the ice built up on the trail to get down to the water-quality sampling site at USGS gage Connecticut River near Thompsonville, CT

Theresa Armijo, USGS, collecting water-quality samples from the Connecticut River by USGS gage 01184000, Connecticut River near Thompsonville 

Colin Sweeney, USGS, collecting water-quality samples from the Connecticut River, CT

Brittney Izbicki, USGS, at the edge of the ice in the Connecticut River, preparing to collect water-quality samples.

USGS streamgage number 13309220 on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area.

A USGS technician walks through snowy terrain carrying an ADCP device on his back during record Midwest flooding in spring 2019.

A USGS technician walks through snowy terrain carrying an ADCP device on his back during record Midwest flooding in spring 2019.

WWG Reading on the Wild Rice River in Minnesota during record Midwest flooding in spring 2019.

June 2018 flooding along Elk Creek in Augusta, Montana

NW CASC’s USGS Director Nicole DeCrappeo on a recent rafting trip through the Grand Canyon on the Colorado River. She brought along a paper John Wesley Powell, an explorer and the 2nd director of the USGS, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his historic trip down the Colorado River.

A coqui frog rests on a red ti plant leaf. Native to Puerto Rico, coqui are an invasive species in Hawaii.

A coqui frog sits on a red ti leaf, next to a quarter for scale. Native to Puerto Rico, coqui frogs are an invasive species in Hawaii.

Landsat 8 image of Yucca Flat in Nevada, Aug. 24, 2018.

USGS Dakota Water Science Center hydrologic technician Mark Brazones is using a handheld acoustic meter to measure the road overflow at the James River near Forestburg, SD. 

After record flooding in the Midwest, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.

The World's Water - Distribution of Earth's Water

The Earth is a watery place. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent

Matt Jennings (pictured) and Andrew Kowalczk (Boat Chief) on Seneca Lake using an underwater camera and grappling hook to locate and recover lost equipment from the Harmful Algal Bloom (HABs) Project platform that was damaged by an early winter storm. The platform mooring buoy can be seen in the background. Photo by Andrew Kowalczk (Public Domain)

Closeup view of a Smelt (Osmerus mordax)

Ohio River at Ironton - super gage installation. The gage is located in the upper part of the tower shown in the background.