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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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Hydro techs clean a water quality sensor prior to deployment
Hydro techs clean a water quality sensor prior to deployment
Hydro techs clean a water quality sensor prior to deployment
Hydro techs clean a water quality sensor prior to deployment

 Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman, Hal Nelson, and Kate Allison, and course instructor Mike Nyman clean a water quality sensor prior to redeployment at a Water Quality Field Course put on by the New Mexico Water Science Center.

 Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman, Hal Nelson, and Kate Allison, and course instructor Mike Nyman clean a water quality sensor prior to redeployment at a Water Quality Field Course put on by the New Mexico Water Science Center.

Hydro techs check water quality sensor calibration prior to redeployment
Hydro techs check water quality sensor calibration prior to redeployme
Hydro techs check water quality sensor calibration prior to redeployme
Hydro techs check water quality sensor calibration prior to redeployme

Hydro tech Kate Allison demonstrates how to check a water quality sensor for calibration before being deployed at the Cochiti Dam in New Mexico. 

Hydro tech Kate Allison demonstrates how to check a water quality sensor for calibration before being deployed at the Cochiti Dam in New Mexico. 

Hydro techs inspecting water quality sensors at Cochiti Dam
Hydro techs inspect water quality sensors
Hydro techs inspect water quality sensors
Hydro techs inspect water quality sensors

Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman and Hal Nelson remove a deployed sensor for cleaning and recalibration, as needed.  This sensor is left in place to continuously log water quality parameters.

Hydrologic technicians Joe Beman and Hal Nelson remove a deployed sensor for cleaning and recalibration, as needed.  This sensor is left in place to continuously log water quality parameters.

Hydro techs record initial sensor reading prior to sensor cleaning and recalibration.
Hydro techs inspecting water quality sensor
Hydro techs inspecting water quality sensor
Hydro techs inspecting water quality sensor

Several New Mexico Water Science Center staff attended Continuous Water Quality Training, taught by Mike Nyman of the Texas Water Science Center and Lauren Sherson of the New Mexico Water Science Center.  The course covered rationale for collecting continuous water quality data; field techniques for in

Several New Mexico Water Science Center staff attended Continuous Water Quality Training, taught by Mike Nyman of the Texas Water Science Center and Lauren Sherson of the New Mexico Water Science Center.  The course covered rationale for collecting continuous water quality data; field techniques for in

Chopping several feet of ice to access Black Canyon Creek
Chopping several feet of ice to access Black Canyon Creek, Feb 2017
Chopping several feet of ice to access Black Canyon Creek, Feb 2017
Chopping several feet of ice to access Black Canyon Creek, Feb 2017

Chopping several feet of ice to access Black Canyon Creek

Sampling the Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir
Sampling the Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir
Sampling the Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir
Sampling the Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir

Sampling the Green River below Fontenelle Reservoir

Ice jam, Middle Popo Agie River
Ice jam, Middle Popo Agie River
Ice jam, Middle Popo Agie River
Ice jam, Middle Popo Agie River

Ice jam, Middle Popo Agie River

Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)
Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)
Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)
Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)

Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500), February 2017. Streamgage destoryed soon after photo taken.

Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500), February 2017. Streamgage destoryed soon after photo taken.

Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500), February 2017. Streamgage destroyed soon after photo taken
Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)
Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)
Ice jam on Little Wind River Ice jam on Little Wind River (06235500)

Ice jam on Little Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming (06235500), February 2017. The streamgage was destroyed soon after this photo taken.

Ice jam on Little Wind River near Riverton, Wyoming (06235500), February 2017. The streamgage was destroyed soon after this photo taken.

Hydro techs snowshoeing in the Sandia Mountains as part of a snowpack hydrology study.
Snowpack Study
Snowpack Study
Snowpack Study

Hydrologist Ryan McCutcheon and student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division.

Hydrologist Ryan McCutcheon and student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division.

Snowshoeing in the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of a snowpack hydrology study
Snowpack Study
Snowpack Study
Snowpack Study

Student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division. They measured the depth and density of the snow in several locations to determine the snow/water equivalent.

Student Aurelia Mitchell recently trekked up into the Sandia Mountains to collect snow data as part of an ongoing hydrologic study in the East Mountains, conducted in cooperation with the Bernalillo County Public Works Division. They measured the depth and density of the snow in several locations to determine the snow/water equivalent.

Image shows coal being loaded into trucks at a coal mine
Loading Coal in the Trapper Mine
Loading Coal in the Trapper Mine
Loading Coal in the Trapper Mine

Coal is loaded into trucks at the Trapper Mine in northwest Colorado.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico. 

A landscape view of the "Devil's Backbone" near Loveland, CO
Devil's Backbone Open Space
Devil's Backbone Open Space
Devil's Backbone Open Space

A landscape view of the "Devil's Backbone" near Loveland, CO.

A landscape view of the "Devil's Backbone" near Loveland, CO.

Loveland Pass Colorado
Loveland Pass Colorado
Loveland Pass Colorado
Loveland Pass Colorado

A view of the highway going over Loveland Pass in Colorado.

A view of the highway going over Loveland Pass in Colorado.

A sunset in western Loveland, Colorado.
Sunset in Western Loveland, CO
Sunset in Western Loveland, CO
Sunset in Western Loveland, CO

A sunset in western Loveland, Colorado. 

A sunset in western Loveland, Colorado. 

Dissected bat guano pellet showing antennae, eyes, and body fragments of midges.
Dissected bat guano pellet showing antennae, eyes, and body parts
Dissected bat guano pellet showing antennae, eyes, and body parts
Dissected bat guano pellet showing antennae, eyes, and body parts

Dissected guano pellet showing antennae, eyes, and body fragments of midges. 

Photo of USGS research boat conducting science on the Great Salt Lake.
USGS research boat conducting science on the Great Salt Lake.
USGS research boat conducting science on the Great Salt Lake.
USGS research boat conducting science on the Great Salt Lake.

USGS scientist Robert Baskin takes a boat out on the Great Salt Lake to conduct research. 

Person taking data in grassland with biocrust
Biocrusts in healthy grassland data collection
Biocrusts in healthy grassland data collection
Biocrusts in healthy grassland data collection

Person taking data in a healthy dryland grassland with dark biocrusts between bunchgrasses and cacti in Utah.

Person taking data in a healthy dryland grassland with dark biocrusts between bunchgrasses and cacti in Utah.

Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam
Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam
Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam
Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam

Snowy road on the way to Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam (08286500)

Snowy road on the way to Rio Chama above Abiquiu Dam (08286500)

Lake Powell
Lake Powell
Lake Powell
Lake Powell

Lake Powell