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Photo Roundup: August-November 2025

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program December 3, 2025

A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.

Scientists removing top water from a box core sample during the Hawaii Abyssal Nodules Expedition
Scientists removing top water from a box core sample during the Hawaii Abyssal Nodules Expedition.jpg
Scientists recovering the shadowgraph camera during the Hawaii Abyssal Nodules Expedition
Scientists recovering the shadowgraph camera during the Hawaii Abyssal Nodules Expedition.jpg
two people smiling, equipment in the water behind them
Skilak Lake Seismograph Rescue Mission
equipment underwater
Skilak Lake Seismograph Rescue Mission
aerial group photo of big group outside
Special Visitors at WHCMSC
maps showing 4-year change vs. 10-year change
Aquinnah Time Series
person standing on sandy beach with control in hand looking at drone in the sky over cliffs
Mapping Gay Head Cliffs
four people posing for photo together in front of PowerPoint presentation
Summer 2025 Internship Presentations
Three people standing behind a drone
Amit Millo, Sandy Brosnahan, and Jennifer Cramer of the USGS Woods Hole Aerial Imaging and Mapping (AIM) group stand with their drone during sUAS data collection at the Darby Creek Superfund site in Darby Creek, PA
sediment in small equipment next to ocean
Grain-size analysis
Photos of the autonomous MAPCAT cataraft being tested on a lake
Photos of the autonomous MAPCAT cataraft being tested
Chart showing extreme 2-year water levels in SF Bay under four scenarios
Extreme 2-year water levels in SF Bay under baseline; restoration; urban; and combined scenarios at current versus 1.5 m SLR
Figure showing surface of the Whales Tail Marsh colored to segment
Surface of the Whales Tail Marsh colored to segment by the presumed body of water that inundates the given regions of the marsh
Detailed map of BeachX, Curl Curl Beach, New South Wales, Australia
Detailed map of BeachX, Curl Curl Beach, New South Wales, Australia
Collage of images showing natural offshore oil seepage on the California Coastline
Collage of images showing natural offshore oil seepage on the California Coastline
Detailed map showing seafloor features such as submarine canyons and slope failures offshore Kodiak Island, Alaska
Detailed map showing seafloor features such as submarine canyons and slope failures offshore Kodiak Island, Alaska
Scanning electron micrographs of Trochammina hadai specimens collected worldwide
Scanning electron micrographs of Trochammina hadai specimens collected worldwide
Map showing locations of mapped groundwater seeps in western Big Island, Hawaii
Map showing locations of mapped groundwater seeps in western Big Island, Hawaii
Diagram showing Geophysical and geochemical data collected at Papaloloa Point, Ofu, American Samoa
Geophysical and geochemical data collected at Papaloloa Point, Ofu, American Samoa
Diagram showing Electrical Resistivity Tomography profiles at Ofu, American Samoa
Electrical Resistivity Tomography profiles at Ofu, American Samoa
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