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Explore our planet through photography and imagery, including climate change and water all the way back to the 1800s when the USGS was surveying the country by horse and buggy.
A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) shaded relief image overlaid on an aerial imagery basemap. The Sulphur Hills, part of the Sour Creek Resurgent Dome, are visible in the upper half of the image, while the floodplain and meanders of Pelican Creek are visible at the bottom.
A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) shaded relief image overlaid on an aerial imagery basemap. The Sulphur Hills, part of the Sour Creek Resurgent Dome, are visible in the upper half of the image, while the floodplain and meanders of Pelican Creek are visible at the bottom.
Geology of Yellowstone Map zoomed into the Lower Geyser Basin. This view shows a park-wide geologic map overlaid on a shaded relief layer from a digital elevation model. Red diamonds and black circles show geysers and gas sample locations, respectively.
Geology of Yellowstone Map zoomed into the Lower Geyser Basin. This view shows a park-wide geologic map overlaid on a shaded relief layer from a digital elevation model. Red diamonds and black circles show geysers and gas sample locations, respectively.
Shannon Waters-Dynes masks up in the genetics lab.
Shannon Waters-Dynes masks up in the genetics lab.
Ice is off Fremont Lake, so we could head in to service the Pine Creek above Fremont Lake streamgage. Water-quality samples collected and Real-time data back on line at: http://ow.ly/FKAm50zMB91
Ice is off Fremont Lake, so we could head in to service the Pine Creek above Fremont Lake streamgage. Water-quality samples collected and Real-time data back on line at: http://ow.ly/FKAm50zMB91
Aerial view of a desert landscape
Aerial view of a desert landscape
distressed desert of the Sonoran Desert, carousal image
distressed desert of the Sonoran Desert, carousal image
Disturbed desert landscape with erosion
Disturbed desert landscape with erosion
Field crew collecting validation information for remote sensing products.
Field crew collecting validation information for remote sensing products.
Field crew measuring cover of Lehmann Lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) and Boer Lovegrass (E. curvula var. conferta = E. chloromelas) in a desert grassland of southern Arizona.
Field crew measuring cover of Lehmann Lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) and Boer Lovegrass (E. curvula var. conferta = E. chloromelas) in a desert grassland of southern Arizona.
Instruments continue to collect vital data during workplace closures. Here staff perform maintenance on an eddy flux tower located within a phragmites wetland at the Cape Cod National Seashore. The instruments on this tower measure methane and CO2 fluxes related to plant and soil processes day in and day out for the entire year.
Instruments continue to collect vital data during workplace closures. Here staff perform maintenance on an eddy flux tower located within a phragmites wetland at the Cape Cod National Seashore. The instruments on this tower measure methane and CO2 fluxes related to plant and soil processes day in and day out for the entire year.
The Sonoran Desert of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona.
The Sonoran Desert of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona.
Steep walls, collapsed blocks, and rubble border Halema‘uma‘u Crater and Kīlauea's growing summit crater lake. In this photo, looking northwest, the summits of both Kīlauea (foreground) and Mauna Loa (background) are visible. USGS photos by K. Mulliken
Steep walls, collapsed blocks, and rubble border Halema‘uma‘u Crater and Kīlauea's growing summit crater lake. In this photo, looking northwest, the summits of both Kīlauea (foreground) and Mauna Loa (background) are visible. USGS photos by K. Mulliken
Hydrologic technician Russ Miller navigates a remote-controlled acoustic Doppler current profiler into position to measure streeambed elevation at a highway bridge over the Payette River near Letha, Idaho.
Hydrologic technician Russ Miller navigates a remote-controlled acoustic Doppler current profiler into position to measure streeambed elevation at a highway bridge over the Payette River near Letha, Idaho.
Collecting biocrust cover data to train and verify the UAS image classifications.
Collecting biocrust cover data to train and verify the UAS image classifications.
This series of maps compares aerial imagery collected prior to Kīlauea's 2018 summit collapse and the "Geologic Map of the Summit Region of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii" (Dutton and others, 2007; Neal and others, 2003)—created before Kīlauea's 2018 summit collapse—with aerial imagery collected after the 2018 summit collapse and a preliminary update to Kīlauea's summit ge
This series of maps compares aerial imagery collected prior to Kīlauea's 2018 summit collapse and the "Geologic Map of the Summit Region of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii" (Dutton and others, 2007; Neal and others, 2003)—created before Kīlauea's 2018 summit collapse—with aerial imagery collected after the 2018 summit collapse and a preliminary update to Kīlauea's summit ge
A USGS hydrologic technician finishes installation of a rapid-deployment streamgage at Gordonville Road on the Tittabawassee River in Midland, Michigan.
A USGS hydrologic technician finishes installation of a rapid-deployment streamgage at Gordonville Road on the Tittabawassee River in Midland, Michigan.
USGS and Department of Interior UAS pilots plan a flight near Canyonland, Utah.
USGS and Department of Interior UAS pilots plan a flight near Canyonland, Utah.
East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house and sharp crested weir control taken on May 19, 2020. This gage has cooperator funding by the Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Rights.
East Canyon Creek near Morgan, UT (10134500) gage house and sharp crested weir control taken on May 19, 2020. This gage has cooperator funding by the Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Rights.
This image shows a GLRI nutrient sampler submerged during major flooding on the Rifle River, Michigan, in May 2020. This site is near the Rifle River Near Sterling USGS streamgage.
This image shows a GLRI nutrient sampler submerged during major flooding on the Rifle River, Michigan, in May 2020. This site is near the Rifle River Near Sterling USGS streamgage.
Upstream view of the Middle Fork Fortymile River near U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 15331000, Middle Fork Fortymile River near mouth near Chicken, Alaska
Upstream view of the Middle Fork Fortymile River near U.S. Geological Survey streamgage 15331000, Middle Fork Fortymile River near mouth near Chicken, Alaska
PVC pipe of science! We installed these samplers in four locations, and they will sit in Littlefield Creek for a month to collect suspended sediment as the water flows through the pipe. More info on the project at: http://ow.ly/pRbV50zJH6Z
PVC pipe of science! We installed these samplers in four locations, and they will sit in Littlefield Creek for a month to collect suspended sediment as the water flows through the pipe. More info on the project at: http://ow.ly/pRbV50zJH6Z