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The Georgia Fire consisted of two fires, the Sweat Farm Road fire and the Big Turnaround fire. The fires were located 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest of Waycross, Georgia, and were separated by Swamp Road.

As the Little Androscoggin River flows through western Maine it eventually reaches Snow Falls, a 25 ft cascading waterfall in the town of West Paris. 

Looking downstream from the bridge on the Hackensack River in Riverdale, New Jersey a few hours after the flood peak on April 16, 2007, at near peak stage.

An arctic fox in it's white winter phase. Taken during polar bear studies on the northern coast of Alaska.

An adult palila perches in a māmane tree on the slopes of Mauna Kea volcano. Palila are a finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreeper who are considered critically endangered.  

A bearded seal on the edge of the sea ice

A polar bear with hair loss (alopecia) along its neck. The bear was captured by USGS scientists using the immobilizing drug Telazol

Beach front houses on Fire Island, NY

Measuring bridge scour on Clark Fork River near Superior, MT (April 4, 2007)

USGS hydrologists prepare equipment for multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) land seismic imaging survey. The geophones (in the yellow "land streamer") are pulled behind a vehicle. This relatively new system allows for inexpensive and rapid data acquisition.

USGS hydrologists prepare equipment for a multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) land seismic imaging survey. In this picture, the accelerated weight-drop energy source (blue box) is attached to the back of a vehicle. This relatively new system allows for inexpensive and rapid data acquisition.

USGS hydrologists conduct a multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) land seismic imaging survey. The yellow land streamer contains the geophones and is towed behind a vehicle. This relatively new system allows for inexpensive and rapid data acquisition.

An adult sumatran tiger stands with a sumatran tiger cub.

Drill Rig Tender staged for an early morning departure from Lone Pine after drilling a multiple-completion groundwater-monitoring well in Centennial Flats for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Installing a water-level monitoring gage, Coosawattee River, Georgia. Two USGS workers installing a "stilling well"s, which is a major component of most systems used to monitor stream stage (gage height). The pipe is placed vertically into the stream and the level of the water in the pipe is continuously monitored and transmitted to USGS water-science offices.

Flooding along West Branch Onondaga Creek near South Onondaga.

A USGS hydrologist prepares equipment to conduct a gravity survey to evaluate small variations in the earth's gravity field. The USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics develops and tests new tools and field methods to support USGS analysis of groundwater flow systems.

USGS hydrologist collects location data using GPS during a near-surface geophysics survey. The survey was conducted as part of an applied research effort by the USGS Office of Groundwater Branch of Geophysics in 2007.

A fire scar is visible on the distant hills. During the dry season brush fires are common in Salinas, Puerto Rico. The vegetation near the river is greener and burns less often then the hillslopes. The location is 17º59'15"N, 66º17'40"W and the elevation is 10 m. 

A cone located on Pavonis Mons, Mars. Pavonis Mons is a shield volcano in the Tharsis region. This cone’s location in a volcanically active area, its parasitic position on Pavonis Mons, and its breach are all familiar to Earth cinder cones. It’s thus very likely that this is a cinder cone. (HiRISE image PSP_002671_1790)

Fractured mounds at the southern edge of Elysium Planitia. Elysium Planitia is a wide plain that lies to the south of the volcanic region Elysium. These features are found in a region of uplift that is theorized to be a massive lava inflation feature.