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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 10: California-Great Basin. A search tool is provided to narrow the number of image files shown.
Grand Canyon Youth/Partners in Science trip participants cool down under a small waterfall on a hot day
Grand Canyon Youth/Partners in Science trip participants cool down under a small waterfall on a hot day
Drought Intensity Map compiled by the U.S. Drought Monitor for the area of NOAA's Colorado River Basin River Forecast Center, which includes part of the Great Basin drainage area in western Utah, for April 19, 2024.
Drought Intensity Map compiled by the U.S. Drought Monitor for the area of NOAA's Colorado River Basin River Forecast Center, which includes part of the Great Basin drainage area in western Utah, for April 19, 2024.
A low-flying helicopter towing a geophysical device collects scientific data on groundwater and geology. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential.
A low-flying helicopter towing a geophysical device collects scientific data on groundwater and geology. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential.
A helicopter rigged with an airborne geophysical survey collecting equipment. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential. A cow is here too.
A helicopter rigged with an airborne geophysical survey collecting equipment. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential. A cow is here too.
RestoreNet treatments include soil pits and connectivity modifiers (ConMods), seen here at a RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
RestoreNet treatments include soil pits and connectivity modifiers (ConMods), seen here at a RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies at the southern end of Ruby Valley in northeast Nevada. For more information visit the Ruby Lake NWR website.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies at the southern end of Ruby Valley in northeast Nevada. For more information visit the Ruby Lake NWR website.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, Autonomous Rover Sandy is equipped with a single board companion computer (with BisonCore installed), and various sensors useful for augmentation testing and development.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, Autonomous Rover Sandy is equipped with a single board companion computer (with BisonCore installed), and various sensors useful for augmentation testing and development.
Joanne Chan conducting a seismic survey in San Carlos, California, looking for traces of the Serra Fault.
Joanne Chan conducting a seismic survey in San Carlos, California, looking for traces of the Serra Fault.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, augments an autonomous rover to avoid running into obstacles. Shown in picture; user set waypoint (2) that runs over a curb/barrier. CDA engaged and navigated south avoiding, and seeking a path around, the curb.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, augments an autonomous rover to avoid running into obstacles. Shown in picture; user set waypoint (2) that runs over a curb/barrier. CDA engaged and navigated south avoiding, and seeking a path around, the curb.
A map showing North America's tropical-to-temperate transition zone. Red, orange, and yellow depict the more tropical zones, and blues depict the more temperate zones, based on to the coldest recorded temperature for each area between 1980 and 2009.
A map showing North America's tropical-to-temperate transition zone. Red, orange, and yellow depict the more tropical zones, and blues depict the more temperate zones, based on to the coldest recorded temperature for each area between 1980 and 2009.
Winter temperature extremes control the distributions of subtropical fishes. Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis), aggregate at a spring in northern Florida during winter. Snook are warm saltwater game fish, common in Florida, that have been moving further northward as extreme cold spells become less frequent and less intense.
Winter temperature extremes control the distributions of subtropical fishes. Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis), aggregate at a spring in northern Florida during winter. Snook are warm saltwater game fish, common in Florida, that have been moving further northward as extreme cold spells become less frequent and less intense.
The USGS landslide team monitors and continues to update the hazard map models based on data collected in burn areas. This information improves future models and provides better hazard assessments used by officials for emergency response and decision making. Many of the steep hillsides burned and denuded in California fires repel water rather than soak it in.
The USGS landslide team monitors and continues to update the hazard map models based on data collected in burn areas. This information improves future models and provides better hazard assessments used by officials for emergency response and decision making. Many of the steep hillsides burned and denuded in California fires repel water rather than soak it in.
This report includes five chapters. Chapter A (Mason, Knight, and others, 2020) is a summary of this multichapter volume and briefly describes the study area. Chapter B (Mason, Bills, and Macy, 2020) describes the geology and hydrology of the Truxton basin and Hualapai Plateau.
This report includes five chapters. Chapter A (Mason, Knight, and others, 2020) is a summary of this multichapter volume and briefly describes the study area. Chapter B (Mason, Bills, and Macy, 2020) describes the geology and hydrology of the Truxton basin and Hualapai Plateau.
EnviSense data-logger/transmitter developed by Carnegie Mellon University actively deployed with stage sensor at USGS streamgage at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, California.
EnviSense data-logger/transmitter developed by Carnegie Mellon University actively deployed with stage sensor at USGS streamgage at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, California.
Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) is a federally listed threatened species. Ninety-seven percent of their range are small headwater streams in the Great Basin of North America.
Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) is a federally listed threatened species. Ninety-seven percent of their range are small headwater streams in the Great Basin of North America.
USGS National Innovation Center's UAS Research Center BisonCore Project Equipment Identifying Marker
USGS National Innovation Center's UAS Research Center BisonCore Project Equipment Identifying Marker
Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area north of Palm Springs in California.
Wind turbines at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area north of Palm Springs in California.
Researchers instruct volunteers on how to collect dragonfly larvae in Glacier NP as a part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project.
Researchers instruct volunteers on how to collect dragonfly larvae in Glacier NP as a part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project.
Damage from a major post-wildfire landslide that occurred on 9 January 2018 near Montecito, Santa Barbara County as a result of the 2017 Thomas Fire.
Damage from a major post-wildfire landslide that occurred on 9 January 2018 near Montecito, Santa Barbara County as a result of the 2017 Thomas Fire.
Damage from a major post-wildfire landslide that occurred on 25 December 2003 near Devore, San Bernardino County as a result of the Old/Grand Prix fires that ran through the San Bernardino Mountains.
Damage from a major post-wildfire landslide that occurred on 25 December 2003 near Devore, San Bernardino County as a result of the Old/Grand Prix fires that ran through the San Bernardino Mountains.
This is a view of a USGS surface water stream gage that contains equipment to monitor discharge at the Williamson River below the Sprague Ruver in Chiloquin, Oregon. The gage house contains a historic stilling well and a device that records the level of water. It also has a water temerature sensor and a turbidimeter.
This is a view of a USGS surface water stream gage that contains equipment to monitor discharge at the Williamson River below the Sprague Ruver in Chiloquin, Oregon. The gage house contains a historic stilling well and a device that records the level of water. It also has a water temerature sensor and a turbidimeter.