Images

Geophysical logging in New York City

Hudson River Tahawus Tract

Gravel bar and Ashokan Reservoir, NY

Ashokan Reservoir, NY at sunset

GPS base station with sunset over the Ashokan reservoir, NY

Raindrops falling on Long Island body of water

Damaged pier from effects of Hurrican Sandy on Long Island, NY.

Sediment sampling off the coast of Long Island, NY.

NYWSC scientist collecting groundwater samples

Mixing of drill cuttings with absorbent polymer prior to shipping and disposal in a secured landfill.

USGS hydrologic technician Simonette Rivera servicing gage site 01311875 ROCKAWAY INLET NEAR FLOYD BENNETT FIELD NY

USGS hydrologic technician Amy Simonson surveying a high-water mark on Liberty Island, New York after Hurricane Sandy

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Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy

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Collecting data at Ellis Island after Hurricane Sandy

USGS hydrologist operating Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) on Long Island shore after Hurricane Sandy.

Barrier-island breach created by Hurricane Sandy at Fire Island National Seashore, N.Y.

Oblique aerial photograph Fire Island, New York. The
view is looking northwest across Fire Island towards Great South Bay. This
location is within Fire Island National Seashore near Old Inlet—a very narrow
portion of the island that has experienced breaching in previous large storms.
The island breached during Hurricane Sandy, creating a new inlet.

Vehicles partly submerged at an entrance to a flooded parking garage in the Financial District of Manhattan; photograph courtesy of Frankie Torres/Flickr

USGS scientists, Michael Noll and Amy Simonson, installing storm surge sensors before Hurricane Sandy

Brook Trout from an Adirondack lake

South Side of Clove Lake at Victory Blvd., Long Island, NY