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Images from the Southeast Region.
Perspective view of coastal bathymetry looking onshore, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, mapped using lidar and depicted with false-color, showing detailed submerged features, including coral reefs.
Perspective view of coastal bathymetry looking onshore, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, mapped using lidar and depicted with false-color, showing detailed submerged features, including coral reefs.
Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected from Key Largo, Florida, to the Florida/Georgia Border, September 5-6, 2014
Baseline Coastal Oblique Aerial Photographs Collected from Key Largo, Florida, to the Florida/Georgia Border, September 5-6, 2014
Sediment-laden water from a tributary, where development is probably taking place, entering the clearer Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia. If preventative measures are not taken on construction sites where runoff flows into a nearby stream or creek, results like this can happen.
Sediment-laden water from a tributary, where development is probably taking place, entering the clearer Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia. If preventative measures are not taken on construction sites where runoff flows into a nearby stream or creek, results like this can happen.
USGS scientist processing water-quality samples. She is surrounded by lots of equipment
USGS scientist processing water-quality samples. She is surrounded by lots of equipment
USGS scientist collecting water-quality samples from the Enoree River, SC
USGS scientist collecting water-quality samples from the Enoree River, SC
Field crew on Bob Allen Key in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, April 14, 2014, conferring on next steps near core sites marked with orange flags. The mangroves that form the islands’ perimeter are to the left and in the background.
Field crew on Bob Allen Key in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, April 14, 2014, conferring on next steps near core sites marked with orange flags. The mangroves that form the islands’ perimeter are to the left and in the background.
In Photo: View south/southeast along eastern shoreline in April 2014 shows a dense berm of mangrove trees. The bay is not visible.
In Photo: View south/southeast along eastern shoreline in April 2014 shows a dense berm of mangrove trees. The bay is not visible.
Irrigation method in Santa Isabel, PR
USGS diver taking a core of a 100-year-old coral to allow reconstruction of past ocean temperatures in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
USGS diver taking a core of a 100-year-old coral to allow reconstruction of past ocean temperatures in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
USGS and FWS working together at Lake Mattamuskeet
USGS and FWS working together at Lake Mattamuskeet
Bird watching on the Quebrada Margarita at Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Bird watching on the Quebrada Margarita at Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Hydrologist calibrating a station at Lake Mattamuskeet
Hydrologist calibrating a station at Lake Mattamuskeet
Hydrologist servicing a station on Lake Mattamuskeet
Hydrologist servicing a station on Lake Mattamuskeet
Scientists apply a new method for determining the fate of methane discharged into streams. Here, gas is injected into stream water along West Bear Creek, North Carolina.
Scientists apply a new method for determining the fate of methane discharged into streams. Here, gas is injected into stream water along West Bear Creek, North Carolina.
Scientists apply a new method for determining the fate of methane discharged into streams. Here, noble-gas (krypton) is injected using submerged gas-permeable tubing in West Bear Creek, North Carolina.
Scientists apply a new method for determining the fate of methane discharged into streams. Here, noble-gas (krypton) is injected using submerged gas-permeable tubing in West Bear Creek, North Carolina.
Manatee swims in a Florida spring
Manatee swims in a Florida spring
Sand dunes in Avon on Cape Hatteras, NC are the only separation between many beach house communities and the Atlantic Ocean.
Sand dunes in Avon on Cape Hatteras, NC are the only separation between many beach house communities and the Atlantic Ocean.
An Appalachian Mountain Stream in the Spring. Photographed by Samuel H Austin
An Appalachian Mountain Stream in the Spring. Photographed by Samuel H Austin
USGS researcher collects data on manatee in Florida spring.
USGS researcher collects data on manatee in Florida spring.
This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the North Carolina's freshwater and for what purposes the water was used in 2010. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source.
This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the North Carolina's freshwater and for what purposes the water was used in 2010. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source.
This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the North Carolina's freshwater and for what purposes the water was used in 2010. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source.
This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the North Carolina's freshwater and for what purposes the water was used in 2010. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source.