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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.
This lava fountain, which erupted on September 6, 1969, during the Mauna Ulu eruption, was about 540 m (1770 ft) tall. The tephra cone, eventually named Mauna Ulu, can be seen in the fallout area (right of the fountains. in middle of image). It is now a 121 m (397 ft) tall lava shield in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
This lava fountain, which erupted on September 6, 1969, during the Mauna Ulu eruption, was about 540 m (1770 ft) tall. The tephra cone, eventually named Mauna Ulu, can be seen in the fallout area (right of the fountains. in middle of image). It is now a 121 m (397 ft) tall lava shield in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
USGS conducts a health assessment on a mantee in Crystal River, Florida.
USGS conducts a health assessment on a mantee in Crystal River, Florida.
Extensional cracking and settling around private residence in Chugiak.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Extensional cracking and settling around private residence in Chugiak.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Eagle Creek at Zionsville, IN - downstream of gage
Eagle Creek at Zionsville, IN - downstream of gage
Crack observed in 2018 along headscarp of 1964 Government Hill landslide.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Crack observed in 2018 along headscarp of 1964 Government Hill landslide.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - bridge
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - bridge
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - brush on stream
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - brush on stream
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - large debris mass
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - large debris mass
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - downstream of gage
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - downstream of gage
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - equipment
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - equipment
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - gage equipment box
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - gage equipment box
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - gushing water and debris
School Branch at Maloney Road near Brownsburg IN - gushing water and debris
My neighbor's driveway with some water on it... not very exciting, but it is an excellent example of how groundwater flows underground and can seep back to the land surface. This simple process demonstrates one of the basic aspects of the water cycle.
My neighbor's driveway with some water on it... not very exciting, but it is an excellent example of how groundwater flows underground and can seep back to the land surface. This simple process demonstrates one of the basic aspects of the water cycle.
Slumping along the Alaska Railroad right-of-way evolved into long-runout landslides. The same area failed in earthquakes in 1954 and 1964.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Slumping along the Alaska Railroad right-of-way evolved into long-runout landslides. The same area failed in earthquakes in 1954 and 1964.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Superficial slides along Eagle River east of Eagle River Loop Road.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Superficial slides along Eagle River east of Eagle River Loop Road.
2018 Anchorage Earthquake
Eklutna Lake dam appeared to be undamaged the day after the earthquake; overflights of the lake showed no landslides impacted the lake shoreline.
Eklutna Lake dam appeared to be undamaged the day after the earthquake; overflights of the lake showed no landslides impacted the lake shoreline.
Looking through the windshield of USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's boat San Lorenzo under pristine field conditions.
Looking through the windshield of USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's boat San Lorenzo under pristine field conditions.
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | February 2019 | USGS at Work
Banu Bayraktar making a streamflow measurement at Carmans River, Yaphank, NY
Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | February 2019 | USGS at Work
Banu Bayraktar making a streamflow measurement at Carmans River, Yaphank, NY
Banu Bayraktar learns how to make a streamflow measurement at Carmans River at Yaphank, NY, as part of our new "Hydrologic Monitoring in the Central Pine Barrens" program. Photo by Amy Simonson (Public Domain)
Banu Bayraktar learns how to make a streamflow measurement at Carmans River at Yaphank, NY, as part of our new "Hydrologic Monitoring in the Central Pine Barrens" program. Photo by Amy Simonson (Public Domain)
Phragmites australis on the Shore of Lake St. Clair, 2015
Phragmites australis on the Shore of Lake St. Clair, 2015
USGS Hydrologist Robert Rosman sketching site information at a production well during a water-level-site visit, Camden County.
USGS Hydrologist Robert Rosman sketching site information at a production well during a water-level-site visit, Camden County.