Videos

Movie shows an example of an ash-rich phase at Halema`uma`u crater. This event occurred at 3:40pm. These sporadic ash-rich phases are probably due to small rockfalls within the vent.

Beginning in early January 2008, sulfur dioxide emission rates from the summit area of Kilauea increased to 2 to 10 times above background values, prompting partial closure of the summit region by late February.

The USGS and the Coast Salish Tribal Nation have partnered during the annual Tribal Canoe Journey to study and help improve resources of the Salish Sea.

This final episode in the Corecast Tribal Journey gives an overview of the journey, including a look at preliminary results.

Short video clips and commentary as the Coast Salish Tribal Nation paddle through the San Juan Islands.

Gray Tappan and Francis Dwomoh discuss Landsat's contribution to the studies they have conducted regarding landscape changes in West Africa.
 

The USGS and the Coast Salish Tribal Nation have partnered during the annual Tribal.Canoe Journey to study and help improve resources of the Salish Sea.

This first episode in the Corecast Tribal Journey series examines the new partnership between the USGS and Coast Salish people.

Searching for a blue-eyed turtle in the Sahara Desert

by USGS Herpetologist Jeffrey Lovich and visiting Cadi Ayyad University (Marrakech) Professor Mohammed Znari

Movie showing the low dome fountain on TEB rootless shield 3; video of spattering from the vent on the west side of Pu`u `Ō `ō crater taken with thermal camera; and video of the vent on the east wall of Pu`u `Ō `ō crater taken with thermal camera.

Lava fountain arch at rootless shield 3

Various video footage of sea otter researchers, sea otters in their habitat, and scenery.

4-week time-lapse photography of the shoreline of Lake 31 in NPR-A, coastal Arctic Alaska, demonstrates erosion mechanisms during July, 2008

4-week time-lapse photography of the Arctic coast at Drew Point, AK shows mass wasting of the coastal sediments in July, 2008

The Long Lasting Legacy of Nuclear Waste

Dave Stonestrom, USGS Research Hydrologist

USGS employees using a wading rod to measure the streamflow over a road near Finchford, IA on 6/10/2008.

Video showing deer traversing flood waters and the affects on wildlife.

4-week time-lapse photography of the Arctic coast at Drew Point, AK shows intense coastal erosion in early July, 2008

Flying at about the elevation of the plume top, this video shows a number of aspects of the ongoing activity at Halema`uma`u Crater. The mostly whitish plume rises to an elevation of about 5,500 feet and blows first to the southwest but apparently spreads to the west over the Ka`u Desert. Mauna Loa rises above the clouds in the background.

Closeup of the new vent from a hovering helicopter showing hazy views of incandescence deep inside the vent.

Western Style

Michael Dettinger, USGS Research Hydrologist

USGS scientists deliver a variety of science in the effort to restore wetlands to over 25,000 acres in San Francisco Bay. "Wetland Revival" shows how science is contributing to the transformation of once industrial salt producing ponds into more natural habitat. The program was completed in 2008. USGS General Information Product 61.

This video describes how scientists study past changes in sea-level and coastal environments by analyzing mangrove peat. Mangrove islands located off the coast of Belize are underlain by deep deposits of peat (organic soil), which retain a record of past sea level, vegetation, and climate.