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Example of the Landsat 1-5 MSS Collection 2 level-1 product. This Landsat 1 image was acquired on June 26, 1974 near Fallon, Nevada and is shown as a false color composite using the near-infrared, red, and green bands (bands 3,2,1).

Warren "Buz" Brown making second-order measurements using a Kern theodolite. The blind is to prevent temperature variations from affecting the instrument.

Warren "Buz" Brown making second-order measurements using a Kern theodolite. The blind is to prevent temperature variations from affecting the instrument.

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08116650 Brazos River near Rosharon, Texas, looking upstream from Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 1462 bridge, August 28, 1973.
USGS SIR 2009–5174

Generalized geologic map of the Eocene Absaroka volcanic field (modified from Smedes and Prostka, 1972 and “Geology of Wyoming”).

Harrison H. Schmitt during the Apollo 17 mission.

This is a false-colored-composite satellite image of Great Salt Lake, Sept 1972. The vegetation appears red.

As erupting fissures migrated down Kīlauea's southwest rift zone in September 1971 for the first time in 52 years, many spectators hiked into the Ka‘ū Desert for a closer view of the rare event. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park rangers patrolled the area on horseback to keep people a safe distance from the lava fountains. Photo courtesy of NPS.

NASA image AS15-92-12424: Dave Scott’s photograph of Jim Irwin digging a trench to sample the lunar regolith during the second EVA of Apollo 15.  The trench was dug down to the level at which it became much harder to remove. 

NASA Image AS15-92-12439: Dave Scott’s photographic documentation of the trench dug.  Note the way the fine rock powder clumps together and can hold a vertical face. 

Seaward sliding of Kīlauea's south flank over many thousands of years has resulted in large ground displacements along shallow faults that break the surface, as shown by the cliffs ("pali" in Hawaiian) seen here. Most of the movement along the faults occur during sudden slip that cause large earthquakes.

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station 08109000 Brazos River near Bryan, Texas, looking upstream from left bank, March 10, 1971.

USGS SIR 2009–5174

Seismic geyser in eruption in 1970.

James Irwin(left) and David Scott(right) training in the Lunar Roving Vehicle training version known also known as the "Grover"

USGS topographer Don Winstead working with a level in Hawaii.

Infographic about the 2019 report "California's Exposure to Volcanic Hazards"

This map detail, of the Anchorage area, shows the city spread out on a plain of loose glacial deposits shown in yellow, and the bedrock making up the hillsides of Anchorage shown in green and brown.

Map of the Eastern Mediterranean region showing the area included in the USGS Levant Basin Province assessment.

This map of the Thousand Oaks, Calif. area visualizes the degree of genetic isolation being experienced by the wrentit (Chamaea fasciata), a small songbird.

Graphical abstract of the new research paper. The scientists collect samples from the rocks forming near hot springs and geysers. They dissolve small amounts of the rock in acid and organic carbon (created by living organisms) remains behind.