Images

Flooding in Soldier Pond, Maine, following rainfall and snowmelt that led to high water levels in the Fish and St. John Rivers in April and May of 2018. 

Joshua trees dot the desert landscape on Edwards Air Force Base in Antelope Valley, CA.  

USGS field crews installed a temporary rapid deployment gage on May 2, 2018, at Soldier Pond in the Fish River to monitor flooding near Fort Kent in Maine.  

USGS field crews installed a temporary rapid deployment gage on May 2, 2018, at Soldier Pond in the Fish River to monitor flooding near Fort Kent in Maine. 

Stratigraphic contact marking uplift of Montague Island, caused by slip on the Patton Bay fault system during the 1964 M9.2 Great ALaska Earthquake. 

As of this afternoon (May 1), the eruption at the summit of Kīlauea has apparently not been affected by the collapse of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō or intrusion of magma along the volcano's Lower East Rift Zone.

NASA image of Bear Lake with beautiful swirls in blue water showing mixing

View from a drone!  Aerial view of Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's Quissett Campus.

The Southwest Biological Science Center loves working with students. Here, a group of undergraduates from Northern Arizona University help RAMPS define the reasons why ecosystem restoration is important for human health and the economy. Follow the link to learn more about RAMPS.

 A scenic trail leading to the Blue Lakes located in southwest Colorado in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness Area.

Over 500 earthquakes were located by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) between noon Friday and noon Saturday, May 4-5, 2018. A magnitude-6.9 earthquake at 12:32 p.m. HST on Friday was preceded by two foreshocks with magnitudes of 5.4 and 4.4 at 11:32 a.m.

The 2018 fire season is already active in the western United States. One of the larger wildfires so far is the Rattlesnake Fire. 

This photo was taken just after wildfire mitigation efforts. The WiRe (Wildfire Research Team) conducts research on these mitigation efforts and other components of wildfires and communities. More can be learned on their website. 

This photo was taken just before wildfire mitigation efforts. The WiRe (Wildfire Research Team) conducts research on these mitigation efforts and other components of wildfires and communities. More can be learned on their website. 

Just before 10:00 a.m. today (Monday, April 30), a break in the weather allowed HVO's webcam to capture this image of the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea. Following multiple overflows of the lava lake last week, the lake level dropped over the weekend in concert with the switch to summit deflation.

Two NGP staff members working together

USGS hydrologic technician Kevin Kirlin on the cableway over the Yaak River near Troy, Montana

Staudinger with Abigail Archer (Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension) and Jonathan Franklin (Harvard University) tagging adult alewife for a passage study looking at pre- and post movements after a dam removal at Town Brook in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Isolated populations may benefit from different conservation and management activities. The least darter is a species of conservation concern that has two isolated populations occupying parts of the Arbuckle Mountain and Ozark Highlands ecoregions.

Night view of Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake from April 24, 2018, while lava from the lake overflow was spreading westward (to the right in the picture) from the Overlook Vent. USGS photo from the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Jaggar Overlook by M. Patrick.