It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a drone! USGS drone pilot Emily Sturdivant (seated) demonstrates flying an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), much to the delight of the onlookers.
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It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a drone! USGS drone pilot Emily Sturdivant (seated) demonstrates flying an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), much to the delight of the onlookers.
Emily Sturdivant, with the help of her co-pilot, hits the landing target.
Emily Sturdivant, with the help of her co-pilot, hits the landing target.
USGS scientific programmer Tarandeep Kalra talks to children about ocean modeling.
USGS scientific programmer Tarandeep Kalra talks to children about ocean modeling.
USGS research oceanographer Neil Ganju shares a time-lapse video showing salt marsh erosion.
USGS research oceanographer Neil Ganju shares a time-lapse video showing salt marsh erosion.
Children measure water salinity to learn about climate warming and how it affects wetlands.
Children measure water salinity to learn about climate warming and how it affects wetlands.
David Brankovits collecting water samples in Molnar Janos Cave in Budapest, Hungary.
David Brankovits collecting water samples in Molnar Janos Cave in Budapest, Hungary.
Authigenic carbonate supplies the foundation for deep-sea corals, including colonies of bubblegum corals (Paragorgia) seen here.
Authigenic carbonate supplies the foundation for deep-sea corals, including colonies of bubblegum corals (Paragorgia) seen here.
![Photograph of Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/04_EX1304_dive13_NOAAOER.jpg?itok=sYd076fL)
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin
(Top) Methane plumes at the Norfolk Canyon seeps (~1600 meters or 5250 feet) were detected using the EK60 sonar. The water column plumes are shown above the sub-seafloor structure as imaged by high-resolution multichannel seismic data acquired by the USGS and processed by J. Kluesner.
(Top) Methane plumes at the Norfolk Canyon seeps (~1600 meters or 5250 feet) were detected using the EK60 sonar. The water column plumes are shown above the sub-seafloor structure as imaged by high-resolution multichannel seismic data acquired by the USGS and processed by J. Kluesner.
Methane plume imaged by the 30 kHz multibeam system
Methane plume imaged by the 30 kHz multibeam system
Map of the general expedition area on the northern U.S. Atlantic Margin between Baltimore Canyon and Cape Hatteras
Map of the general expedition area on the northern U.S. Atlantic Margin between Baltimore Canyon and Cape Hatteras
Aerial map of Sodus Bay, NY study sites.
Aerial map of Sodus Bay, NY study sites.
The R/V Muddy Waters lends itself to be a versatile survey launch and assistance vessel for the deployment and retrieval of inshore moorings and scientific sensor platforms. The boat can easily be towed to location by a full sized pickup truck and is easily launched and retrieved for fast mobilization after storm events or other rapid response surveys.
The R/V Muddy Waters lends itself to be a versatile survey launch and assistance vessel for the deployment and retrieval of inshore moorings and scientific sensor platforms. The boat can easily be towed to location by a full sized pickup truck and is easily launched and retrieved for fast mobilization after storm events or other rapid response surveys.
Photograph of moving-boat ADCP discharge measurements being made in Bayou Heron, Mississippi
Photograph of moving-boat ADCP discharge measurements being made in Bayou Heron, Mississippi
Graphic showing geophysical and sampling systems used to define the seafloor topography, surface sediments, and underlying geology.
Graphic showing geophysical and sampling systems used to define the seafloor topography, surface sediments, and underlying geology.
![Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula with a hillslope shaded relief map of the study area.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/pendleton_pub.png?itok=oI7KYt-6)
Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula with a hillslope shaded relief map of the study area.
Map showing the location of the Delmarva Peninsula with a hillslope shaded relief map of the study area.
![Backscatter, bathymetry, and hill shaded relief maps](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/pendletonpubfig7_0.png?itok=_LntMFU5)
(A) Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) with two inputs, slope, and ISO-classified backscatter for the whole survey area. (B) MLC with five inputs, slope, ISO-classified backscatter, bathymetry, hillshaded-relief, and curvature.
(A) Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) with two inputs, slope, and ISO-classified backscatter for the whole survey area. (B) MLC with five inputs, slope, ISO-classified backscatter, bathymetry, hillshaded-relief, and curvature.
Methane bubbles emerging from the seafloor at a seep site colonized by chemosynthetic mussels at ~1000 m water depth on the Virginia margin. Photograph taken by the Global Explorer operated by Oceaneering Inc.
Methane bubbles emerging from the seafloor at a seep site colonized by chemosynthetic mussels at ~1000 m water depth on the Virginia margin. Photograph taken by the Global Explorer operated by Oceaneering Inc.
USGS ocean engineers Peter Dal Ferro and Gerry Hatcher, from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, deploying a multicorer to sample the seafloor near an Atlantic margin methane seep site.
USGS ocean engineers Peter Dal Ferro and Gerry Hatcher, from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, deploying a multicorer to sample the seafloor near an Atlantic margin methane seep site.
Map interface of Cores, grabs, dredges, slides, and other samples, primarily of marine, estuarine, and lacustrine sediments, curated at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Map interface of Cores, grabs, dredges, slides, and other samples, primarily of marine, estuarine, and lacustrine sediments, curated at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Seafloor methane seep with chemosynthetic mussels at ~1000 m (~3300 ft) water depth offshore Virginia. Image taken by the Global Explorer ROV during a USGS-led cruise sponsored by the NOAA Office of Exploration and Research in 2017. Green dots are 10 cm apart.
Seafloor methane seep with chemosynthetic mussels at ~1000 m (~3300 ft) water depth offshore Virginia. Image taken by the Global Explorer ROV during a USGS-led cruise sponsored by the NOAA Office of Exploration and Research in 2017. Green dots are 10 cm apart.