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U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory perched on the rim of Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera, Hawai‘i

Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.

Stormwater runoff following a May 2008 storm event in the Arrowhead drainage basin in Rapid City, SD. Runoff from this drainage discharges into Rapid Creek. Stormwater runoff from urbanized lands is known to harm surface-water resources by increasing stream velocities, destroying natural habitat, and increasing pollutant loads in the receiving waters.

Scenic photo of McKinley Lake near Cordova, Alaska

Volcanic gas plume rises from Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

Volcanic gas plume rises from Halema‘uma‘u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

Volcanic-gas plume rising from summit of Kīlauea Volcano as seen from Highway 11, Hawai‘i

Scientists enter abandoned mine where bats hibernate in NY.

Scientists enter abandoned mine where bats hibernate in New York.

Road sign in front of the Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor MI.

Samples collected by the automated sampler.

An acoustic Doppler velocity meter mounted on a track for instream deployment. The USGS deployed devices similar to this on at three monitoring sites on northern Idaho's Kootenai River to estimate sediment concentrations in the spawning habitat of the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon.

Ornamented seashell of a fluted Tridacna. Tentatively identified as Tridacna squamosa.

Orange seashell of a Giant lions-paw (Nodipecten subnodosus). Species identification is tentative.

Orange seashell of a Giant lions-paw (Nodipecten subnodosus). Species identification is tentative.

USGS scientists dig soil pits in Nevada's Amargosa Desert to study the distribution of natural perchlorate and to determine the atmospheric-soil-plant interactions that affected perchlorate's cycling in a terrestrial ecosystem.


Amargosa Desert, Nevada

~17 km south of Beatty; ~20 km east of Death Valley National Park.

On May 4, 2008, the Nargis cyclone hit the country of Burma (Myanmar) causing devastation to Rangoon (Yangon), the capital of Burma, and the surrounding area. 

Red-spotted newt in the leaf litter along a trail in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

Members of the USGS Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Working Group in Flagstaff, Ariz., monitor the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam during the high-flow experiment of May 2008.

The USGS gages the St. John River at Fort Kent, Maine at Station 01014000. A major flood in 2008 was the highest flow measured at this station, based on record going back to the 1920s. This photo shows the International Bridge in Ft. Kent, right at the water surface of the flooded river.

Birds found in and around the Salton Sea, California.