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Images below come from a wide variety of USGS science activities in the Northeast Region. Science Center staff showcase what we do, who we are, and where we work conducting science that inform decision makers and addresses societal needs.
A cableway training session conducted during the Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center's annual data summit in Lexington, Virginia. Photo is taken at a streamgage at Maury River near Buena Vista, Virginia.
Spring 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Carson Wright, People category
A cableway training session conducted during the Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center's annual data summit in Lexington, Virginia. Photo is taken at a streamgage at Maury River near Buena Vista, Virginia.
Spring 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Carson Wright, People category
Sam Banas performing a calibration test of a precipitation tipping bucket instrument.
Spring 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Sam Banas, USGS at Work category
Sam Banas performing a calibration test of a precipitation tipping bucket instrument.
Spring 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Sam Banas, USGS at Work category
A USGS physical scientist weighs a fiberglass tube containing a snow core on a hanging spring scale. Snow water equivalent (SWE) is calculated from the weight and volume of the snow in the tube. This measurement is being taken in Sleepers River Research Watershed in Danville, Vermont.
A USGS physical scientist weighs a fiberglass tube containing a snow core on a hanging spring scale. Snow water equivalent (SWE) is calculated from the weight and volume of the snow in the tube. This measurement is being taken in Sleepers River Research Watershed in Danville, Vermont.
This streamgage is located in North Danville, Vermont, a part of the Sleepers River watershed. It is located on Pope Brook, a tributary of Sleepers River. Check out the water data for this streamgage station here.
This streamgage is located in North Danville, Vermont, a part of the Sleepers River watershed. It is located on Pope Brook, a tributary of Sleepers River. Check out the water data for this streamgage station here.
Physical scientists and hydrologic technicians from New England Water Science Center and Woods Hole Dive Team recover and repair a continuous monitor buoy in the Southport, Connecticut estuary near the Long Island Sound. The buoy had been damaged in a recent storm.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Donald Jeandervin, USGS at Work category
Physical scientists and hydrologic technicians from New England Water Science Center and Woods Hole Dive Team recover and repair a continuous monitor buoy in the Southport, Connecticut estuary near the Long Island Sound. The buoy had been damaged in a recent storm.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Donald Jeandervin, USGS at Work category
Hydrologic Technicians Paul Solis, Brittney Izbicki and Nigel Pepin of the New England WSC CT office point to where they have just moored an acoustic doppler velocity meter (ADVM) in the channel of the Southport, CT river estuary.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest: Donald Jeandervin, Honorable Mention category
Hydrologic Technicians Paul Solis, Brittney Izbicki and Nigel Pepin of the New England WSC CT office point to where they have just moored an acoustic doppler velocity meter (ADVM) in the channel of the Southport, CT river estuary.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest: Donald Jeandervin, Honorable Mention category
Amanda May is taking field measurements prior to cleaning the sensors at one of the sites for the SALT project in Lake Placid, NY, on a chilly winter day.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Cara Udvadia, Honorable Mention category
Amanda May is taking field measurements prior to cleaning the sensors at one of the sites for the SALT project in Lake Placid, NY, on a chilly winter day.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Cara Udvadia, Honorable Mention category
This USGS map shows the number of PFAS detected in tap water samples from select sites across the nation. The findings are based on a USGS study of samples taken between 2016 and 2021 from private and public supplies at 716 locations. The map does not represent the only locations in the U.S. with PFAS.
This USGS map shows the number of PFAS detected in tap water samples from select sites across the nation. The findings are based on a USGS study of samples taken between 2016 and 2021 from private and public supplies at 716 locations. The map does not represent the only locations in the U.S. with PFAS.
Downstream view of the East Branch Fish Creek at Taberg, New York
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Zachary Heck, Where We Work category
Downstream view of the East Branch Fish Creek at Taberg, New York
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Zachary Heck, Where We Work category
Adrian Mann (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Lab Manager and Safety Officer) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pool during "Working over water" training.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Chris Sherwood, People category
Adrian Mann (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Lab Manager and Safety Officer) at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy pool during "Working over water" training.
Winter 2023 Photo Contest Winner: Chris Sherwood, People category
The anomaly at Pennington Mountain is visible in the geophysical data collected in aerial surveys conducted in 2021.
The anomaly at Pennington Mountain is visible in the geophysical data collected in aerial surveys conducted in 2021.
A fine-grained volcanic rock (trachyte) that hosts rare earth elements, niobium, and zirconium, all which are considered critical mineral resources. This rock was found on Pennington Mountain in Maine. Image courtesy of Chunzeng Wang, University of Maine-Presque Isle.
A fine-grained volcanic rock (trachyte) that hosts rare earth elements, niobium, and zirconium, all which are considered critical mineral resources. This rock was found on Pennington Mountain in Maine. Image courtesy of Chunzeng Wang, University of Maine-Presque Isle.
Chris Sherwood (USGS) drives a remote controlled surface vehicle named the Yellow Cat - built by Peter Traykovski (WHOI) - that is mapping the bathymetry of a pond on North Core Banks with a small echo-sounder in Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina.
Fall 2022 Photo Contest: Jin-Si Over, Honorable Mention category
Chris Sherwood (USGS) drives a remote controlled surface vehicle named the Yellow Cat - built by Peter Traykovski (WHOI) - that is mapping the bathymetry of a pond on North Core Banks with a small echo-sounder in Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina.
Fall 2022 Photo Contest: Jin-Si Over, Honorable Mention category
USGS field crew (left to right) Sara Zeigler, Alexandra Evans, and Jennifer Cramer walk through spike rush as they complete vegetation surveys with GPS equipment and a quadrat in North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC.
Fall 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Jin-Si Over, Where We Work category
USGS field crew (left to right) Sara Zeigler, Alexandra Evans, and Jennifer Cramer walk through spike rush as they complete vegetation surveys with GPS equipment and a quadrat in North Core Banks, Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC.
Fall 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Jin-Si Over, Where We Work category
The Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group (AIMG) preparing for a day of field work at Assateague Island National Seashore.
(Left to right then front: Sandra Brosnahan, Alexandra Evans, Jennifer Cramer, Seth Ackerman, Erika Lentz, Jin-Si Over)
Fall 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Jin-Si Over, People category
The Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group (AIMG) preparing for a day of field work at Assateague Island National Seashore.
(Left to right then front: Sandra Brosnahan, Alexandra Evans, Jennifer Cramer, Seth Ackerman, Erika Lentz, Jin-Si Over)
Fall 2022 Photo Contest Winner: Jin-Si Over, People category
U.S. Geological Survey Mill River at Northampton, Massachusetts streamgage (01171500) on October 11, 2022 looking downstream. The low-flow was about 12 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 56.2-square-mile drainage area.
U.S. Geological Survey Mill River at Northampton, Massachusetts streamgage (01171500) on October 11, 2022 looking downstream. The low-flow was about 12 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 56.2-square-mile drainage area.
A downstream view of the Green River near Colrain, Massachusetts close to the USGS streamgage (01170100). The low-flow was about 7.7 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 41.4-square-mile drainage area.
A downstream view of the Green River near Colrain, Massachusetts close to the USGS streamgage (01170100). The low-flow was about 7.7 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a 41.4-square-mile drainage area.
