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Photo Roundup: December 2025-January 2026

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program February 4, 2026

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

Person holding object in hand walking through a laboratory
Testing DSIM
Person in lab working with equipment
Testing DSIM
Map showing 1-m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) of Elwha River mouth
Map showing 1-m resolution digital elevation model (DEM) of Elwha River mouth
Picture of surveyor equipped with survey equipment during mapping mission
Picture of surveyor equipped with survey equipment during mapping mission
Chart showing time-series from the entire 132-day deployment off the southwest Puerto Rico coast
Chart showing time-series from the entire 132-day deployment off the southwest Puerto Rico coast
building with lots of snow on the ground and a shoveled path to the door
Snow Day
Sea ice at Nuvuk, Alaska on July 13 2025
Sea ice at Nuvuk, Alaska on July 13 2025
Photo showing aerial nadir view of a sandy shoreline in southern California
Aerial nadir view of a sandy shoreline in southern California
Enlargements of 1-m AUV bathymetry overlain on 30-m bathymetry grid for the study area along the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Enlargements of 1-m AUV bathymetry overlain on 30-m bathymetry grid for the study area along the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Rice Corals (Montipora capitata), Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii
Rice Corals (Montipora capitata), Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii
Three people on beach with camera mounted on tall pole
Marconi Beach CoastCam Maintenance
Photo showing collection of sediment samples used for grain size analysis
Photo showing collection of sediment samples used for grain size analysis
Map showing study locations in San Pablo and Grizzly Bays
Study locations in San Pablo and Grizzly Bays, San Francisco, California
sediment in small equipment next to ocean
Grain-size analysis
Maps of five study sites spread across the conterminous United States, Alaska, and the Island of Puerto Rico
Comparisons of Shoreline Positions from Satellite-Derived and Traditional Field- and Remote-Sensing Techniques
A composite of 10 minutes of 2Hz images taken by a coastal camera at Nuvuk, Alaska, showing a polar bear on sea ice
A composite of 10 minutes of 2Hz images taken by a coastal camera at Nuvuk, Alaska
A polar bear walking on sea ice at Nuvuk, Alaska on June 12 2024
A polar bear walking on sea ice at Nuvuk, Alaska on June 12 2024
Collage showing different sediment core collection techniques used in the study
Collage showing different sediment core collection techniques used in the study
Photo showing personal watercraft equipped with survey equipment used during the mapping mission
Photo showing personal watercraft equipped with survey equipment used during the mapping mission
The amphipod Ampelisca abdita and its characteristic tube mat in sediment
The amphipod Ampelisca abdita and its characteristic tube mat in sediment
Geologic model for abyssal seismoturbidite generation along the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Geologic model for abyssal seismoturbidite generation along the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Extent of flood hazard maps for coastal adaptation planning across California now available
Flood hazard maps for coastal adaptation planning across California now available state-wide
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