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Photos, videos, audio files, and webcam photos described and linked on this webpage come from a wide variety of USGS science activities and presentations done by USGS Science Center staff members in the Southwest Region. 

Images

Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site

Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).

Attendees of the 6th Federal Uncrewed Systems (UxS) Users Workshop taken from a Skydio drone
Attendees of the 6th Federal Uncrewed Systems (UxS) Users Workshop
Attendees of the 6th Federal Uncrewed Systems (UxS) Users Workshop
Attendees of the 6th Federal Uncrewed Systems (UxS) Users Workshop

Aerial photo of attendees at the 6th Federal Uncrewed Systems (UxS) Workshop taken from a Skydio drone in front of the Science and Technology building at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Aerial photo of attendees at the 6th Federal Uncrewed Systems (UxS) Workshop taken from a Skydio drone in front of the Science and Technology building at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Pie Chart Showing Leading Copper Producing States in the U.S. in 2019
Pie Chart Showing Relative Amounts of Copper Produced in Leading Copper Producing States in 2019
Pie Chart Showing Relative Amounts of Copper Produced in Leading Copper Producing States in 2019
Pie Chart Showing Relative Amounts of Copper Produced in Leading Copper Producing States in 2019

Pie chart showing relative amounts of copper produced by leading copper producing states in the U.S. in 2019 (derived from data in Flanagan, D.M., 2019, Copper, in Metals and minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 2019, v. 1, p. 20.1-20.30.

Pie chart showing relative amounts of copper produced by leading copper producing states in the U.S. in 2019 (derived from data in Flanagan, D.M., 2019, Copper, in Metals and minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 2019, v. 1, p. 20.1-20.30.

Large Map of the Colorado River Basin
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Large map of the Colorado River Basin prepared for the USGS Colorado River Basin ASIST Initiative

Large map of the Colorado River Basin prepared for the USGS Colorado River Basin ASIST Initiative

Graphs showing trends in mean annual atmospheric precipitation and air temperature in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019
Mean atmospheric precipitation and air temperature in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019
Mean atmospheric precipitation and air temperature in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019
Mean atmospheric precipitation and air temperature in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019

Graphs showing mean annual precipitation and air temperature trends in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019, published in: Tillman, F.D., Gangopadhyay, S., and Pruitt, T., 2020, Trends in recent historical and projected climate data for the Colorado River Basin and potential effects on groundwater availability: U.S.

Graphs showing mean annual precipitation and air temperature trends in the Lower Colorado River Basin, 1896-2019, published in: Tillman, F.D., Gangopadhyay, S., and Pruitt, T., 2020, Trends in recent historical and projected climate data for the Colorado River Basin and potential effects on groundwater availability: U.S.

Small map of the Colorado River Basin
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Reduced-size map of the Colorado River Basin from the USGS ASIST Initiative, Sept. 3, 2024

Reduced-size map of the Colorado River Basin from the USGS ASIST Initiative, Sept. 3, 2024

Videos

Cover image for sediment core lab video, showing core-lab walk-in refrigerator USGS Sediment Core Laboratory (AD)
USGS Sediment Core Laboratory (AD)
USGS Sediment Core Laboratory (AD)

USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab. 

USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab. 

Cover image for sediment core lab video, showing core-lab walk-in refrigerator USGS Sediment Core Laboratory
USGS Sediment Core Laboratory
USGS Sediment Core Laboratory

USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab. 

USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab. 

usgs Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay
Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay
Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay

Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay on August 9, 2022. Video was taken with an ioLight 1mm microscope.

Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay on August 9, 2022. Video was taken with an ioLight 1mm microscope.

the world with Landsat image of Tulare Basin. text reads "Tulare Basin refills" Image of the Week: Tulare Basin Refills
Image of the Week: Tulare Basin Refills
Image of the Week: Tulare Basin Refills

A winter of heavy rain causes flooding in California's Tulare Basin, threatening cropland. The basin was once the site of a large lake that appeared naturally every winter as rainfall and snowmelt from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range flowed down and filled the basin. It was even known as the largest lake west of the Mississippi River.

A winter of heavy rain causes flooding in California's Tulare Basin, threatening cropland. The basin was once the site of a large lake that appeared naturally every winter as rainfall and snowmelt from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range flowed down and filled the basin. It was even known as the largest lake west of the Mississippi River.

Image shows Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) lifted by a crane during a test deployment Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf (AD)
Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf (AD)
Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf (AD)

Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Image shows Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) lifted by a crane during a test deployment Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf
Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf
Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf

Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

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