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Pipe and temperature sensor in water, installed in streambed.
Steel pipe with small temperature sensors.
Steel pipe with small temperature sensors.
Steel pipe with small temperature sensors.

Left: steel pipe with small temperature sensors placed every few inches. Right: temperature pipe installed in the streambed.

Left: steel pipe with small temperature sensors placed every few inches. Right: temperature pipe installed in the streambed.

UAV flight west side of Yellowstone River next to LaDuke Hot springs
UAV flight west side of Yellowstone River next to LaDuke Hot springs
UAV flight west side of Yellowstone River next to LaDuke Hot springs
UAV flight west side of Yellowstone River next to LaDuke Hot springs

Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and Montana Tech scientists preparing for a UAV flight on the west side of the Yellowstone River adjacent from LaDuke Hot Springs.

Flushing stomach contents from a live resident Chinook salmon
Flushing stomach contents from a live resident Chinook salmon
Flushing stomach contents from a live resident Chinook salmon
Flushing stomach contents from a live resident Chinook salmon

Flushing stomach contents from a live resident Chinook salmon for an investigation of cannibalism and predation impacts.

employee collecting samples
Water Quality Sampling
Water Quality Sampling
Water Quality Sampling

Finishing up water-quality sampling on Blacks Fork, the last field run of the summer for two of our interns.

Finishing up water-quality sampling on Blacks Fork, the last field run of the summer for two of our interns.

David Scott(right) and James Irwin(left) in the Lunar Roving Vehicle trainer
David Scott and James Irwin in the Lunar Roving Vehicle "Grover"
David Scott and James Irwin in the Lunar Roving Vehicle "Grover"
David Scott and James Irwin in the Lunar Roving Vehicle "Grover"

In preperation for Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin trained with a training version of the Lunar Rover known as the "Grover". Apollo 15 was the first mission to bring a rover. This allowed the astronauts to cover a larger distance and explore a larger area. 

In preperation for Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin trained with a training version of the Lunar Rover known as the "Grover". Apollo 15 was the first mission to bring a rover. This allowed the astronauts to cover a larger distance and explore a larger area. 

woman with USGS clothing in green woodsy area with orange butterfly on arm
Field Photo Friday winner for NY September 2018
Field Photo Friday winner for NY September 2018
Field Photo Friday winner for NY September 2018

Karen Murray and a visitor at Canajoharie Creek near Canajoharie, NY during ecological sampling for the National Water Quality Assessment project.

Karen Murray and a visitor at Canajoharie Creek near Canajoharie, NY during ecological sampling for the National Water Quality Assessment project.

image related to volcanoes. See description
Landsat-8 nighttime thermal infrared image from April 2017 showing the Tern Lake
Landsat-8 nighttime thermal infrared image from April 2017 showing the Tern Lake
Landsat-8 nighttime thermal infrared image from April 2017 showing the Tern Lake

Landsat-8 nighttime thermal infrared image from April 2017 showing the Tern Lake area. In Yellowstone, temperatures are extremely cold at night in the winter, and most lakes are frozen (dark pixels). West Tern Lake seems to be thawing here - perhaps it receives some thermal waters from nearby hot springs.

Landsat-8 nighttime thermal infrared image from April 2017 showing the Tern Lake area. In Yellowstone, temperatures are extremely cold at night in the winter, and most lakes are frozen (dark pixels). West Tern Lake seems to be thawing here - perhaps it receives some thermal waters from nearby hot springs.

Open containers of prescription medications and pills spilled out
Prescription medication
Prescription medication
Prescription medication

Hormones and pharmaceuticals, widely used for treatment of humans, domestic animals, and livestock, have the potential to enter the environment, including groundwater. In 2009, nearly 70% of Americans took at least one prescription drug, and more than half took 2 or more.

Hormones and pharmaceuticals, widely used for treatment of humans, domestic animals, and livestock, have the potential to enter the environment, including groundwater. In 2009, nearly 70% of Americans took at least one prescription drug, and more than half took 2 or more.

Roman marketplace in Pozzuoli, Italy records deformation of Campi Flegrei caldera
Serapeum, a Roman Marketplace in Pozzuoli, Italy
Serapeum, a Roman Marketplace in Pozzuoli, Italy
Serapeum, a Roman Marketplace in Pozzuoli, Italy

Serapeum, a Roman Marketplace in Pozzuoli, Italy, records deformation of Campi Flegrei caldera over two millennia.

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