Images

Eric Blajszczak teaches 5th graders about water & measuring streamflow

A female northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) gazes into the camera at Suisun Marsh, CA.

Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Shrine Hill Park

A 3D Elevation Program lidar point cloud colored by RGB color from imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program and showing simulated flooding (in blue) of an area in Denver, Colorado.

Roanoke VA Precipitation Station at Roanoke Center for Industry and Technology at Blue Hills Drive

Willamette River near Corvallis, Oregon

Stream observation points and focal basins for PROSPER project

Variability associated with streamflow permanence predictions

The Half Moon Bay oil field is one of the oldest oil fields in California and was first developed during the 1880s. Since then, the field has produced an estimated 60,000 barrels of oil from about 19 wells.

USGS scientist holds a young skunk with an ear tag ID and a lightweight GPS collar. The USGS is studying the movement patterns of skunks and raccoons in Suisun Marsh, CA to learn how they use different landscape features, like levee roads, to navigate to waterfowl nests.

Dredging operations aboard the research vessel Alpha Crucis. The first dredge with successful rock recovery is wrangled back on deck.

A USGS researcher conducts fieldwork on Buttonwood Key, an island in Florida Bay, to determine the impacts of Hurricane Irma. The storm left thick deposits of mud on the island, which are being measured, sampled and photographed.  Many of the islands in Florida Bay have open mudflats in the center, surrounded by mangroves on the perimeter. 

USGS conducts a health assessment on a mantee in Crystal River, Florida.

Organ pipe cactus are rare in the Sonoran desert in the U.S. They can only be found in and around Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, shown here. The distribution of Organ Pipe Cactus is limited due to lack of tolerance for cold temperatures. The biota of the Sonoran desert is particularly senstive to disturbance.

International participants from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Hawaii, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel, and the U.S. attended a workshop on “Understanding Flooding on Reef-lined Island Coastlines”, February 5-7, 2018.

Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala erupted on January 31, 2018, and Landsat 8 acquired an image of the eruption a day later.

(Left) False-Color Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager scene of Saunders Island and Mount Michael on January 31, 2018. This image is composed from red and shortwave infrared light detected by the satellite sensors. Blue represents the high temperature ground surface that includes the lava lake.

This photograph was taken at Little White River near White River, SD (USGS streamgage 06450500) when the streamflow was 138 cubic feet per second.

This photograph was taken at Little White River near White River, SD (USGS streamgage 06450500) when the streamflow was 138 cubic feet per second.

The Reston Microbiology Laboratory Group headed by Denise Akob. 2016

White River at Hazelton IN - gage installation