Multimedia Gallery

USGS technicial Scott Lydeen climbing the tower at the Strawberry Peak seismic station tower, part of the Southern California Seismic Network.

National Geographic photographer, Keith Ladzinski, photographs live sea lamprey at Hammond Bay Biological Station on September 11, 2019 for an expansive article featuring the Great Lakes.

GSLC research fish biologist, Dr. Ed Roseman, delivers a plenary address at the Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) conference on September 11-12, 2019.

Overview of the high-resolution model grids from: “Dynamically downscaled future wave projections from SWAN model results for the main Hawaiian Islands”

There is a short window of opportunity to complete glacier repeat photography.  Scientists must wait until late summer, when seasonal snow has melted from the glacier surface and glacier margins can be identified.  This is also the time of year when weather and forest fire smoke can hamper photography and hiking. This year, air quality was generally excellent, but

Attachment H:  BLM Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent BLM FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of existing

Attachment H: USGS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent USGS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: USFS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent USFS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: NRCS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent NRCS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: NPS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent NPS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of existing

Attachment H: NOAA Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent NOAA FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: FWS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent FWS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of existing

Attachment H: FEMA Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent FEMA FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment H: USDA-ARS Multi-Year 3DEP Priority Areas for Data Acquisition

Note: These areas represent USDA-ARS FY20 -FY22 priority areas for data acquisition.  BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas. Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment G: 3DEP FY20 Consolidated High Priority Federal Areas of Interest

Note: These areas represent Federal FY20 high priority areas for data acquisition. BAA funding partners welcome proposal submissions through the BAA that overlap these priority areas.  Actual acquisition areas will be defined based on submitted and accepted proposals, as well as analysis of

Attachment F: 3DEP FY20-22 Federal Areas of Interest

This map reflects current near term federal agency areas of interest for lidar data acquisition. Overlap with these near term federal agency areas of interest is encouraged and is one of several evaluation criteria defined within the BAA, however 3DEP welcomes proposal submissions over the entire United States in

Title: 3D Elevation Program: FY19 Status of 3DEP Quality Data

Map showing the areal extent and quality level of planned, in progress, and existing publicly available lidar (IfSAR in Alaska) data identified by the U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) that meet 3DEP base level specification planned to be under award by September 30, 2019. 3DEP base level 

Quratulain Ahmed preserving samples in fume hood

An early morning view looking north across Moku‘āweoweo, Mauna Loa's summit caldera, from a spot near the summit cabin on the volcano's south caldera rim. Frost covered much of the caldera floor that was still shadowed, and weak steaming issued from the usual areas. Overall, there were no significant changes observed at the summit. The 1940 and 1949 cones are visible in

Sydney Berrios running samples on Aqualog

Organic Matter Research Lab

Laura Hubbard of the USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center takes water chemistry measures on the Alaska Peninsula as part of research to understand how long influenza viruses remain viable in the environment.  

Sean Egen, hydrologic technician, installs a storm tide sensor
at River Dunes Marina in Pamlico County, NC

Horiba Aqaulog - simultaneously measures absorbance spectra and fluorescence

A USGS Hydrologic Technician collects eDNA samples alongside a stream in the Nevada wilderness

Hydrographer Keith Lambert installing a rapid deployment gage at New Mill Creek at Chesapeake, VA in advance of Hurricane Dorian. Photo: Blake Dudding, USGS September 5, 2019

TOC-L Laboratory Total Organic Carbon Analyzer

Cary 300 Spectrophotometer

Earth MRI - Magnetic Map of SE Missouri

Labconco WaterPros PS ultrapure water filtration system in Biology Lab

Carbon Lab

Fume Hood in Carbon Lab used for acid storage and acid cleaning of laboratory dishware

Sunrise on Cape Cod Bay with a peek inside the processing van on the deck of R/V Warren Jr. 

Seth Ackerman processing the seafloor mapping data as they are collected on the Cape Cod Bay 2019 research cruise.

The USGS is advancing the use of large-scale particle-image velocimetry (LSPIV) - a method that uses innovative video analyzation techniques - to measure streamflow.

Heading back to Cape Cod Bay after a crew change in Boston, MA

 Before deploying the subbottom profiler for leg 2 of the seafloor mapping cruise, Wayne Baldwin, Alex Nichols, and Chuck Worley made sure the floats were sufficiently inflated. In the relatively shallow waters of Cape Cod Bay, they want the instrument towed at water's surface for the resolution of the sub seafloor geology.

Sometimes the fog can be as thick as pea soup! The captains use radar and keen eyesight to navigate in such conditions. Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center staff,  Alex Nichols and Wayne Baldwin,  take a sound velocity cast off the back of the boat.
 

Horiba Aqaulog - simultaneously measures absorbance spectra and fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrices

White-nose syndrome (WNS) has continued to spread rapidly. Bats with white-nose syndrome have been confirmed in 33 states and seven Canadian provinces as of August 2019.

White-nose syndrome occurrence map - by year (2019). Data last updated 8/30/2019.  Available at https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/where-is-

USGS scientists collected the adult life stage of emerging aquatic insects each evening of the recent Sesquicentennial Colorado River Exploring Expedition.

Both Powell’s crew and this year’s modern expedition camped along the river with views of cottonwood galleries. 

A storm-tide sensor deployed on Florida's Indian River Lagoon, at Indian River Drive in St. Lucie County, on Aug. 30, 2019 in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. NOTE: Though the story is about the Carolinas, the photo is from Florida. No photos of the Carolinas deployment were available at the time this story was published.

Trace Metals Lab

Sue Phillips headshot

2019 September Public Lecture Flyer

Bats in the West: Discoveries, Questions, and Future Research

By Gabriel A. Reyes, USGS Biologist 

• Learn about bat ecology, diversity, and the role they play in our ecosystem.
• See how scientists are using a variety of methods including capture, acoustic monitoring, and tracking, to

Trace Metals Lab fume hood