Images

Resurrection Bay on August 8, 2016. The water appeared calm in the shelter of the inner bay, but closer to the entrance, swells coming in from the Gulf of Alaska were breaking on a small beach where the three boaters had capsized.

Tarandeep Kalra, Sediment Transport Group Scientific Programmer, setting up computer-generated simulations from a three-dimensional modeling system. This was a display at the Woods Hole Science Stroll on August 6, 2016.

Seth Ackerman, Sea-Floor Mapping Group Geologist, answering questions about Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s underwater video capabilities and data collection tools.

USGS and collaborators from Marine Biological Laboratory and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve building research infrastructure at a salt marsh field site (Cape Cod, MA).

Digital still photograph from Massachusetts Bay near Scituate, MA showing Spiny Sunstar (Crossaster papposus), yellow encrusting Crumb of Bread Sponge (Halichondria panacea) on rock (top center), white tubular (right bottom corner) and boulders covered in pink bubblegum algae. Water depth at this location is approximately 27 meters.

Ox Bel Ha Cave Project Field Team Members (left to right) David Brankovits (TAMUG), Jake Emmert (Moody Gardens), John Pohlman (USGS), and Francisco Bautista De La Cruz (Speleotech).

Home page of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection. The horizontal navigation bar provides navigation between sections, and the interactive map allows users to easily browse the data holdings and identify sites of interest and view the types of data included in the datasets.

The Raptor Maps, Inc. X8 fixed-wing unmanned aerial system deploying its parachute at the end of the second mission. The first mission lasted 70 minutes and flew at about 120 meters above ground level with two 14 megapixel cameras. The second mission flew lower and longer (90 minutes), and mapped the same region with a near-infrared camera.

Mapping one of the targets used as a ground control point. Left to right: Rob Thieler, Sandy Brosnahan, Alex Nichols.

Barry Irwin and Sandy Brosnahan set up the differential global positioning system on the lawn of the old Coast Guard Station, Cape Cod National Seashore.

Neil Ganju and Patrick Dickhudt prepare a bottom-mounted current meter for deployment in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Kat Powelson and Patrick Dickhudt deploy an upward-looking current sensor in the marsh at Seal Beach, California.

Zoomed-in view of the sites comprising the Fire Island 2012 (black stars) and 2014 (blue stars) experiments. The pop-up window (displayed by clicking the icon) contains information specific to the site selected.

Screenshot of the dense point cloud consisting of 430 million georeferenced, colored points derived from the rgb (red-green-blue) UAS images. The blue flags indicate ground control points used to constrain the photogrammetric reconstruction.

Detail of the near-infrared point cloud over a portion of Nauset Marsh. The faint reddish tinges are the first glimmer of spring growth at the edges of the marsh.

Research project posters created by Oceanography Camp for Girls campers were displayed in the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center lobby.

A diver examines the coral reef along Molokini Crater off of the island of Maui, Hawaii.

Phosphorite rock formed on the seafloor in Southern California.

The map on sheet 7 shows “potential” marine benthic habitats in the Monterey Canyon and Vicinity map area, representing a substrate type, geomorphology, seafloor process, or any other attribute that may provide a habitat for a specific species or assemblage of organisms.

Animated GIF of wave runup and setup on a beach on a stormy day during Tropical Storm Colin in Florida. Full b-roll video: https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/wave-runup-during-tropical-storm-coli…

Screenshot of Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast Viewer on June 4, 2016, two days before Tropical Storm Colin was expected to hit Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast.