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Explore our planet through photography and imagery, including climate change and water all the way back to the 1800s when the USGS was surveying the country by horse and buggy.
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USGS employee collects data for Lake Tahoe Nutrient Source project
Wind Turbine Sampling Approach
Sampling approach for remote measurements of invasives around wind turbines.
Sampling approach for remote measurements of invasives around wind turbines.
Melanie Madden displays a gophersnake
Researcher Melanie Madden holds up a gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer).
Researcher Melanie Madden holds up a gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer).
Melanie Madden displays Blainville's Horned Lizard
Researcher Melanie Madden holds up a Blainville's Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii).
Researcher Melanie Madden holds up a Blainville's Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii).
Taking habitat photos for Arroyo Toad surveys
James Molden takes habitat photos for Arroyo Toad surveys in Santa Ysabel Creek.
James Molden takes habitat photos for Arroyo Toad surveys in Santa Ysabel Creek.
The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. The entire Colorado River Basin provides water for more than 40 million people in seven states and nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland across the western U.S. and Mexico.
The Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. The entire Colorado River Basin provides water for more than 40 million people in seven states and nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland across the western U.S. and Mexico.
USGS employee making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event
Cody Lanpher making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event on the Gallatin River near Gallatin Gateway, MT.
Cody Lanpher making a high flow measurement during a snow melt event on the Gallatin River near Gallatin Gateway, MT.
A GPS station that monitors ground deformation on Kīlauea Volcano
A GPS station that monitors ground deformation on Kīlauea Volcano, one of the approximately 240 volcano-monitoring stations that Steven Fuke, as part of the HVO Technician Group, designs, installs, and maintains.
A GPS station that monitors ground deformation on Kīlauea Volcano, one of the approximately 240 volcano-monitoring stations that Steven Fuke, as part of the HVO Technician Group, designs, installs, and maintains.
How an area changes through time with a well pad
Graph showing A) Landsat time series of the Soil-Adjusted Total Vegetation Index (SATVI) from 1984-2011.
Graph showing A) Landsat time series of the Soil-Adjusted Total Vegetation Index (SATVI) from 1984-2011.
May 29, 2020—Thermal map of Kīlauea summit
The May 29 overflight provided updated thermal images of Kīlauea summit, covering the caldera floor and showing the warm surface of the water lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater. No significant changes were observed in the surface temperature of Kīlauea's summit crater lake.
The May 29 overflight provided updated thermal images of Kīlauea summit, covering the caldera floor and showing the warm surface of the water lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater. No significant changes were observed in the surface temperature of Kīlauea's summit crater lake.
May 29, 2020—Updated aerial map of Kīlauea summit
The May 29 overflight provided updated aerial photographs of Kīlauea summit, covering the caldera floor and showing the current size of the water lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater.
The May 29 overflight provided updated aerial photographs of Kīlauea summit, covering the caldera floor and showing the current size of the water lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater.
Well pads in the Colorado Plateau
Location map of the Colorado Plateau ecoregion; ecoregion detail (A) with individual well sites identified by a black dot; Google Earth Pro aerial photography showing the footprint of oil and gas development at the landscape scale as small light colored patches (B); Google Earth Pro close-up of well pads and roads (C).
Location map of the Colorado Plateau ecoregion; ecoregion detail (A) with individual well sites identified by a black dot; Google Earth Pro aerial photography showing the footprint of oil and gas development at the landscape scale as small light colored patches (B); Google Earth Pro close-up of well pads and roads (C).
During today's overflight of Kīlauea summit, both thermal and visual camera
During today's overflight of Kīlauea summit, both thermal and visual cameras were used to characterize activity. Comparing thermal (left) to visual (right) images of nearly the same view, you can see that the growing crater lake at Kīlauea's summit remains hot.
During today's overflight of Kīlauea summit, both thermal and visual cameras were used to characterize activity. Comparing thermal (left) to visual (right) images of nearly the same view, you can see that the growing crater lake at Kīlauea's summit remains hot.
Glaucous-winged gull with externally attached GPS satellite transmitte
Glaucous-winged gull with externally attached GPS satellite transmitter, Soldotna, Alaska
Glaucous-winged gull with externally attached GPS satellite transmitter, Soldotna, Alaska
Screen captures of the WGS digital mapping service Yellowstone
A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) shaded relief image overlaid on an aerial imagery basemap. The Sulphur Hills, part of the Sour Creek Resurgent Dome, are visible in the upper half of the image, while the floodplain and meanders of Pelican Creek are visible at the bottom.
A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) shaded relief image overlaid on an aerial imagery basemap. The Sulphur Hills, part of the Sour Creek Resurgent Dome, are visible in the upper half of the image, while the floodplain and meanders of Pelican Creek are visible at the bottom.
Screen captures of the WGS digital mapping service Yellowstone
Geology of Yellowstone Map zoomed into the Lower Geyser Basin. This view shows a park-wide geologic map overlaid on a shaded relief layer from a digital elevation model. Red diamonds and black circles show geysers and gas sample locations, respectively.
Geology of Yellowstone Map zoomed into the Lower Geyser Basin. This view shows a park-wide geologic map overlaid on a shaded relief layer from a digital elevation model. Red diamonds and black circles show geysers and gas sample locations, respectively.
Shannon Waters-Dynes masks up in the genetics lab
Shannon Waters-Dynes masks up in the genetics lab.
Shannon Waters-Dynes masks up in the genetics lab.
Accessing PIne Creek abv Fremont Lake Streamgage via Boat
Ice is off Fremont Lake, so we could head in to service the Pine Creek above Fremont Lake streamgage. Water-quality samples collected and Real-time data back on line at: http://ow.ly/FKAm50zMB91
Ice is off Fremont Lake, so we could head in to service the Pine Creek above Fremont Lake streamgage. Water-quality samples collected and Real-time data back on line at: http://ow.ly/FKAm50zMB91
Arid Landscape
Aerial view of a desert landscape
distressed desert of the Sonoran Desert - carousal
distressed desert of the Sonoran Desert, carousal image
distressed desert of the Sonoran Desert, carousal image
Disturbed desert landscape with erosion
Disturbed desert landscape with erosion
Disturbed desert landscape with erosion