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.
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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.
Drylands of Southern Utah
USGS Image Drylands of Southern Utah - April 28, 2014
USGS Image Drylands of Southern Utah - April 28, 2014
Onaqui SageStep field site, field camp
Field site truck and trailer at the Onaqui SageStep field site, field camp
Field site truck and trailer at the Onaqui SageStep field site, field camp
Green River at Ouray, Utah
ADCP measurement from kayack on Green River at Ouray, Utah.
ADCP measurement from kayack on Green River at Ouray, Utah.
Farmington Bay Outflow
Different shades of green define the different algae-rich waters
Different shades of green define the different algae-rich waters
Bear River, Utah
Looking northeast along the Bear River Duck Club Canal toward the Wellsville Mountains.
Looking northeast along the Bear River Duck Club Canal toward the Wellsville Mountains.
Utah Tribal Coop
In the stream is Martel Fisher (USGS) and Bart Powaukee (Coordinator Ute Indian Tribe Water Quality Department) and some of the Ute Tribe Water Quality Department employees.
In the stream is Martel Fisher (USGS) and Bart Powaukee (Coordinator Ute Indian Tribe Water Quality Department) and some of the Ute Tribe Water Quality Department employees.
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000Map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000, provided as a download from the old USGS Sagemap website.
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000
map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000Map of historic and current sage-grouse range in 2000, provided as a download from the old USGS Sagemap website.
Great Salt Lake
This is a false-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Nov 2011. The vegetation appears red.
This is a false-color-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Nov 2011. The vegetation appears red.
2011 Great Salt Lake Breach at Lakeside, Utah
Water flowing through the Great Salt Lake breach in 2011, when lake levels were high due to above average snowfall in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains. The Great Salt Lake breach is an area that allows water to travel between the southern and northern parts of the lake.
Water flowing through the Great Salt Lake breach in 2011, when lake levels were high due to above average snowfall in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains. The Great Salt Lake breach is an area that allows water to travel between the southern and northern parts of the lake.
Example of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Snow Science Product
Example of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Snow Science ProductExample of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) Science Product showing an area in the Dixie National Forest in Utah on February 28, 2021 for tile h007V010. Left: Landsat Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data Surface Reflectance image, Middle: fSCA, and Right: Canopy Adjusted fSCA.
Example of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Snow Science Product
Example of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Snow Science ProductExample of the Landsat Collection 2 Fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) Science Product showing an area in the Dixie National Forest in Utah on February 28, 2021 for tile h007V010. Left: Landsat Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data Surface Reflectance image, Middle: fSCA, and Right: Canopy Adjusted fSCA.
Ranchlands, Utah and Idaho
Roadsides, ranchlands, and mountains.
Roadsides, ranchlands, and mountains.
Ranchlands, Utah and Idaho
Roadsides, ranchlands, and mountains.
Roadsides, ranchlands, and mountains.
The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park
The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park.
The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park.
The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park
The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park
The Needles District, Canyonlands National Park
A single species stand of nonnative tamarisk
Single species stand of nonnative tamarisk on the Lower Colorado River at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California
Single species stand of nonnative tamarisk on the Lower Colorado River at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California
Nonnative tamarisk re-sprouts after wildfire
Nonnative tamarisk is resistant to wildfire, in part due to its ability to resprout
Nonnative tamarisk is resistant to wildfire, in part due to its ability to resprout
Nonnative tamarisk re-grows following a wildfire
Nonnative tamarisk is resistant to wildfire, in part because of its ablity to re-sprout.
Nonnative tamarisk is resistant to wildfire, in part because of its ablity to re-sprout.
Tamarisk plants can make many flowers
Tamarisk plants have been sucessful in southwestern US river- and stream-side habitats, in part because of its ablity to make many flowers and, therefore, seeds.
Tamarisk plants have been sucessful in southwestern US river- and stream-side habitats, in part because of its ablity to make many flowers and, therefore, seeds.
Eastern Utah
Scenic view of Eastern Utah.
Eastern Utah
Scenic view of eastern Utah.