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Photograph of people waving to a drone camera at the 2018 Woods Hole Science Stroll
Say Cheese!
Say Cheese!
Say Cheese!

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) demonstration at 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) demonstration at 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll

Photograph of USGS personnel talking to Science Stroll participants
Sharing Science
Sharing Science
Sharing Science

Sandy Baldwin, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, shares video from the kilauea volcano with Science Stroll participants.

Sandy Baldwin, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, shares video from the kilauea volcano with Science Stroll participants.

Skinny Common Murre (in foreground) with keel protruding. Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Skinny Common Murre (in foreground) with keel protruding
Skinny Common Murre (in foreground) with keel protruding
Skinny Common Murre (in foreground) with keel protruding

Skinny Common Murre (in foreground) with keel protruding in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Photograph of 2018 Woods Hole Science Stroll participants viewing a USGS display
USGS display at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
USGS display at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll
USGS display at the 2018 Woods Hole, MA Science Stroll

Sandy Brosnahan, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, discusses Kilauea Volcano drone footage with Science Stroll participants

Photograph of Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff at 2018 Woods Hole Science Stroll
Woods Hole Science Stroll 2018
Woods Hole Science Stroll 2018
Woods Hole Science Stroll 2018

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff, Tarandeep Kalra (pointing in light blue shirt) and Zafer Defne (orange USGS shirt) discuss oceanographic models with Science Stroll attendees

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff, Tarandeep Kalra (pointing in light blue shirt) and Zafer Defne (orange USGS shirt) discuss oceanographic models with Science Stroll attendees

View from the top deck of a ship on water, looking down on the bow with three people standing, with a bridge in the background.
Heading back to port, Newport Harbor
Heading back to port, Newport Harbor
Heading back to port, Newport Harbor

Entering Yaquina Bay, Oregon aboard the NOAA ship Rainier, approaching the Yaquina Bay Bridge with Newport Marina off to the right in the distance.

Entering Yaquina Bay, Oregon aboard the NOAA ship Rainier, approaching the Yaquina Bay Bridge with Newport Marina off to the right in the distance.

Measuring streamflow at low stage
Low Stage Streamflow Measurement
Low Stage Streamflow Measurement
Low Stage Streamflow Measurement

Measuring streamflow in Little Snake River near Dixon, Wyoming. Streamflows were quite a bit lower than the 75-year average.

Measuring streamflow in Little Snake River near Dixon, Wyoming. Streamflows were quite a bit lower than the 75-year average.

drone
Methane drone hovering above permafrost
Methane drone hovering above permafrost
Methane drone hovering above permafrost

Looking up at a drone hovering near an open-path methane analyzer mounted on a flux tower. Instruments mounted on both the towers and on the drones are measuring gases emitted from the soil.

Looking up at a drone hovering near an open-path methane analyzer mounted on a flux tower. Instruments mounted on both the towers and on the drones are measuring gases emitted from the soil.

Photograph of a sonobuoy launch
Sonobuoy launch
Sonobuoy launch
Sonobuoy launch

Engineering technician Jenny McKee from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California watches as an expendable sonobuoy leaves the launcher during the 2018 MATRIX cruise on research vessel Hugh R.

Engineering technician Jenny McKee from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California watches as an expendable sonobuoy leaves the launcher during the 2018 MATRIX cruise on research vessel Hugh R.

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The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory adapts to recent changes
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory adapts to recent changes
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory adapts to recent changes

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to closely monitor volcanoes and earthquakes on the Island of Hawai‘i. On this map, which shows earthquakes that occurred beneath the island between August 6, 2018, and November 14, 2018, the size of each circle depicts earthquake magnitude and color indicates earthquake depth, relative to mean sea level. USGS map.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to closely monitor volcanoes and earthquakes on the Island of Hawai‘i. On this map, which shows earthquakes that occurred beneath the island between August 6, 2018, and November 14, 2018, the size of each circle depicts earthquake magnitude and color indicates earthquake depth, relative to mean sea level. USGS map.

woman kneeling on boat putting yellow USGS buoy in lake
Water quality monitoring buoy deployed on Skaneateles Lake
Water quality monitoring buoy deployed on Skaneateles Lake
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GPS time series from station NRWY, near Norris Geyser Basin, as of November 15,
GPS time series from station NRWY, near Norris Geyser Basin, as of November 15,
GPS time series from station NRWY, near Norris Geyser Basin, as of November 15,

GPS time series from station NRWY, near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The three plots show how the station is moving in a north-south direction (top), east-west direction (middle), and up-down direction (bottom).

GPS time series from station NRWY, near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The three plots show how the station is moving in a north-south direction (top), east-west direction (middle), and up-down direction (bottom).

Grand Canyon bank Erosion.
Grand Canyon bank Erosion.
Grand Canyon bank Erosion.
Grand Canyon bank Erosion.

Comparing 2009 vs 2014 Bank surface after erosion, Grand Canyon AZ. 

Comparing 2009 vs 2014 Bank surface after erosion, Grand Canyon AZ. 

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Routine overflight of the Lower East Rift Zone
Routine overflight of the Lower East Rift Zone
Routine overflight of the Lower East Rift Zone

Fissure 22 was active in late May near Lanipuna Gardens subdivision, which is now mostly buried by lava flows. During the later stages of Fissure 22 activity, small strombolian-style explosions built a symmetric cinder cone over the vent.

Fissure 22 was active in late May near Lanipuna Gardens subdivision, which is now mostly buried by lava flows. During the later stages of Fissure 22 activity, small strombolian-style explosions built a symmetric cinder cone over the vent.

Sediment Deposit in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Sediment Deposit in the Grand Canyon, AZ
Sediment Deposit in the Grand Canyon, AZ
USGS personnel configuring and deploying the streamer of hydrophone receivers on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp
USGS personnel configuring and deploying the streamer of hydrophone
USGS personnel configuring and deploying the streamer of hydrophone
USGS personnel configuring and deploying the streamer of hydrophone

USGS personnel configuring and deploying the streamer of hydrophone receivers on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp during the MATRIX cruise.  In foreground from left to right are Nathan Miller, Wayne Baldwin, and Eric Moore from the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.

USGS personnel configuring and deploying the streamer of hydrophone receivers on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp during the MATRIX cruise.  In foreground from left to right are Nathan Miller, Wayne Baldwin, and Eric Moore from the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.

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