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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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Wading White River to determine stream discharge using Flow Tracker on clear fall day.
White River near Watson, Utah
White River near Watson, Utah
White River near Watson, Utah

Measuring discharge in White River near Watson, Utah using FlowTracker on sunny winter day.

Measuring discharge in White River near Watson, Utah using FlowTracker on sunny winter day.

A field of wind turbines in Wyoming with a storm rolling in.
Wind Turbines During Approaching Storm
Wind Turbines During Approaching Storm
Wind Turbines During Approaching Storm

A field of wind turbines in Wyoming with a storm rolling in.

Image: Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

Image: Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab
Colorado River near Moab

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

The Colorado River as it runs near Moab, UT, surrounded by sandstone cliffs.

Photo of an active oil and gas pad on Bureau of Land Management lands near Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Active oil and gas pad near Canyonlands National Park
Active oil and gas pad near Canyonlands National Park
Earth As Art image of Utah, Arizona
Cloud Lightning
Cloud Lightning
Cloud Lightning

What looks like lightning arcing through an ominous cloud is actually a dry landscape of rocky buttes in southern Utah and northeastern Arizona. River channels flow north from Arizona into the San Juan River. The light vertical feature at the top of the image is referred to as Comb Ridge, a jagged fold in the Earth's crust called a monocline.

What looks like lightning arcing through an ominous cloud is actually a dry landscape of rocky buttes in southern Utah and northeastern Arizona. River channels flow north from Arizona into the San Juan River. The light vertical feature at the top of the image is referred to as Comb Ridge, a jagged fold in the Earth's crust called a monocline.

An archaeologist and fire scientist looking at the burned ground of a forest to assess impacts of wildfires on archaeological si
Assessing impacts to archaeological sites through collaboration
Assessing impacts to archaeological sites through collaboration
Assessing impacts to archaeological sites through collaboration

Archaeologists and fire scientists collaborate to assess impacts of wildfires on archaeological sites in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

hand holding a sherd, a fragment of an ancient vessel
How fire research can help reduce cultural resource fire damage
How fire research can help reduce cultural resource fire damage
How fire research can help reduce cultural resource fire damage

Pre- and post-fire measurements of fire effects can help archaeologists and fire scientists determine how wildfires and prescribed fires impact cultural resources, and how management actions may reduce likelihood of damage

Pre- and post-fire measurements of fire effects can help archaeologists and fire scientists determine how wildfires and prescribed fires impact cultural resources, and how management actions may reduce likelihood of damage

 Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado
Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado
Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado
Confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado

Although the visual picture of mixing zones at stream confluences appears straightforward, such as this one at the confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado, the chemical reactions that occur make them extremely complex from a water-quality perspective.

Although the visual picture of mixing zones at stream confluences appears straightforward, such as this one at the confluence of Cement Creek and the Animas River in Colorado, the chemical reactions that occur make them extremely complex from a water-quality perspective.

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