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Images described and linked on this webpage come from a wide variety of USGS science activities and presentations performed by USGS Science Center staff members in the Region 7:  Upper Colorado Basin. A search tool is provided to narrow the number of image files shown.

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False-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2016
False-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Sept 2016
False-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Sept 2016
False-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Sept 2016

This is a false-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Utah, Sept 2016. Vegetation appears red in image.

Photo of biocrusts providing soil stability in the desert
Biocrusts provide soil stability and prevent erosion
Biocrusts provide soil stability and prevent erosion
Biocrusts provide soil stability and prevent erosion

Biocrusts provide soil stability and prevent erosion. Soil is the foundation where plants live; if soil is not stable, native plants can have difficulty growing.

Biocrusts provide soil stability and prevent erosion. Soil is the foundation where plants live; if soil is not stable, native plants can have difficulty growing.

Photo of outdoor testing plots where biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.
Biocrust outdoor testing plots
Biocrust outdoor testing plots
Biocrust outdoor testing plots

USGS scientists created outdoor testing plots where large squares of biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.

USGS scientists created outdoor testing plots where large squares of biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.

Photo of biocrust outdoor testing plots.
Biocrust outdoor testing plots.
Biocrust outdoor testing plots.
Biocrust outdoor testing plots.

USGS scientists created outdoor testing plots where large squares of biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.

USGS scientists created outdoor testing plots where large squares of biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.

Photo of Biocrust outdoor testing plots
Biocrust outdoor testing plots
Biocrust outdoor testing plots
Biocrust outdoor testing plots

USGS scientists created outdoor testing plots where large squares of biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.

USGS scientists created outdoor testing plots where large squares of biocrusts were exposed to different warming and precipitation factors over time.

Photo of USGS scientist Sasha Reed studying outdoor biocrust testing sites
USGS scientist Sasha Reed studys outdoor biocrust testing sites
USGS scientist Sasha Reed studys outdoor biocrust testing sites
USGS scientist Sasha Reed studys outdoor biocrust testing sites

USGS scientist Sasha Reed studies sites where different climate conditions are being mimicked to determine effect on biocrusts.

Deadmans Road, Colorado carousel
Deadmans Road, Colorado
Deadmans Road, Colorado
Deadmans Road, Colorado

This photo was taken off of Deadmans Road in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.

This photo was taken off of Deadmans Road in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.

A Researcher Assesses Wood Condition at an Ice Patch
A Researcher Assesses Wood Condition at an Ice Patch
A Researcher Assesses Wood Condition at an Ice Patch
A Researcher Assesses Wood Condition at an Ice Patch

Danny Stahle assesses the preservation of Whitebark Pine melting out of an ice patch.

A Researcher Sampling Ancient Trees Emerging from an Ice Patch
A Researcher Sampling Ancient Trees Emerging from an Ice Patch
A Researcher Sampling Ancient Trees Emerging from an Ice Patch
A Researcher Sampling Ancient Trees Emerging from an Ice Patch

Danny Stahle catalogs a sample taken from a Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicalus) that died ~5,300 years before present as conditions cooled and the ice patch expanded. 

A Researcher Sampling Trees at an Ice Patch
A Researcher Sampling Trees at an Ice Patch
A Researcher Sampling Trees at an Ice Patch
A Researcher Sampling Trees at an Ice Patch

Lucas watches Danny Stahle catalog a sample taken froma long frozen Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicalus).

Researchers Prepping the Drilling Location on the Ice Patch
Researchers Prepping the Drilling Location on the Ice Patch
Researchers Prepping the Drilling Location on the Ice Patch
Researchers retrieving ice cores from an ice patch
Researchers retrieving ice cores from an ice patch
Researchers retrieving ice cores from an ice patch
Researchers retrieving ice cores from an ice patch

Researchers retrieving ice cores from an ice patch located on the Beartooth Plateau, Wyoming. 

Researchers Break Near the Ice Patch
Researchers Break Near the Ice Patch
Researchers Break Near the Ice Patch
Researchers Break Near the Ice Patch

Craig Lee and a group of archeologist take a break and enjoy the scenery while standing over the coolers (white boxes) containing the ice core samples.

Craig Lee and a group of archeologist take a break and enjoy the scenery while standing over the coolers (white boxes) containing the ice core samples.

Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment

Mike Jayred, Nathan Challman, Rachel Reckin, and Danny Stahle work to lift an section of ice core from several meters deep in the ice patch.

Mike Jayred, Nathan Challman, Rachel Reckin, and Danny Stahle work to lift an section of ice core from several meters deep in the ice patch.

Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment

Mike Jayred, Nathan Challman, Rachel Reckin, and Danny Stahle work to lift an section of ice core from several meters deep in the ice patch.

Mike Jayred, Nathan Challman, Rachel Reckin, and Danny Stahle work to lift an section of ice core from several meters deep in the ice patch.

Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment
Researchers Pulling a Deep Ice Core Segment

Mike Jayred, Nathan Challman, Rachel Reckin, and Danny Stahle work to lift an section of ice core from several meters deep in the ice patch.

Mike Jayred, Nathan Challman, Rachel Reckin, and Danny Stahle work to lift an section of ice core from several meters deep in the ice patch.

Researcher Hauling the Ice Drill
Researcher Hauling the Ice Drill
Researcher Hauling the Ice Drill
Researcher Hauling the Ice Drill

Mike Jayred cares the "Priaire Dog" Ice Drill to the coring location.

Researchers Starting the Ice Core
Researchers Starting the Ice Core
Researchers Starting the Ice Core
Researchers Starting the Ice Core

Mike Jayred and Nathan Chellman work to level the ice drill to begin taking the core.  Craig Lee stabilizes the platform.

Mike Jayred and Nathan Chellman work to level the ice drill to begin taking the core.  Craig Lee stabilizes the platform.

Researchers Preparing to Drill in an Ice Patch
Researchers Preparing to Drill in an Ice Patch
Researchers Preparing to Drill in an Ice Patch
Researchers Preparing to Drill in an Ice Patch

Nathan Chellman, Mike Jayred and Lucas (Dog) stage equipment on the drilling platform.

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