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Explore our planet through photography and imagery, including climate change and water all the way back to the 1800s when the USGS was surveying the country by horse and buggy.
USGS scientists Beth Haddon (left) and Jaime Delano (right) measuring an offset road at the site of the Ridgecrest earthquake sequence rupture. Photo credit: Chris DuRoss, USGS
USGS scientists Beth Haddon (left) and Jaime Delano (right) measuring an offset road at the site of the Ridgecrest earthquake sequence rupture. Photo credit: Chris DuRoss, USGS
USGS scientist Jessie Thompson Jobe collects and records information on earthquake surface ruptures observed along a roadway following the Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Photo credit: Ryan Gold (USGS)
USGS scientist Jessie Thompson Jobe collects and records information on earthquake surface ruptures observed along a roadway following the Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Photo credit: Ryan Gold (USGS)
USGS Pasadena Earthquake Response Coordinator surveys displaced rocks near the southern end of the surface rupture of the 5 July 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. USGS photograph. Photo credit: Sue Hough, USGS
USGS Pasadena Earthquake Response Coordinator surveys displaced rocks near the southern end of the surface rupture of the 5 July 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. USGS photograph. Photo credit: Sue Hough, USGS
USGS scientist Jaime Delano, observes a sand blow caused by liquefaction during the M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. Photo credit: Chris DuRoss
USGS scientist Jaime Delano, observes a sand blow caused by liquefaction during the M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. Photo credit: Chris DuRoss
USGS Geophysicists Elizabeth Cochran and Nick VanDerElst install a seismometer on the base Photo credit: Ben Brooks, USGS
USGS Geophysicists Elizabeth Cochran and Nick VanDerElst install a seismometer on the base Photo credit: Ben Brooks, USGS
Kate Scharer examining striations along fault scarp while completing GPS survey of fault rupture. Here the fault has about 2.6 m of horizontal displacement and 0.5 m of vertical. The rake of the striations is 47 degrees. Photo credit: Jamie Delano, USGS
Kate Scharer examining striations along fault scarp while completing GPS survey of fault rupture. Here the fault has about 2.6 m of horizontal displacement and 0.5 m of vertical. The rake of the striations is 47 degrees. Photo credit: Jamie Delano, USGS
Yellow River at Knox, IN - bridge measurement
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Sept 2019 | Honorable Mention
Dragonfly on tagline
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Sept 2019 | Honorable Mention
Dragonfly on tagline
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Sept 2019 | Honorable Mention
Levels being run at 03250215 Slate Creek at Owingsville, KY. Andrew Vanover (level gun operator) and Brian Moore (rod operator).
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Sept 2019 | Honorable Mention
Levels being run at 03250215 Slate Creek at Owingsville, KY. Andrew Vanover (level gun operator) and Brian Moore (rod operator).
Ohio River at Ironton OH - walkway to tower
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - D96 sampler closeup
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - D96 water quality sampler
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - D96 water quality sampler
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - removing mussels from equipment
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - removing mussels from equipment
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - staff making a water quality measurment.
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - staff making a water quality measurment.
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - staff removing zebra mussels from the equipment
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - staff removing zebra mussels from the equipment
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - tower walkway
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - water quality sampler
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - water quality sampler closeup
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - water quality sampler closeup
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - water quality sampling
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - water quality sampling
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - staff removing zebra mussels from the equipment
Ohio River at Ironton, OH - staff removing zebra mussels from the equipment
Ohio River at Olmsted IL - damage to equipment