Two sandhill cranes walking along the ground.
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Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis)
Two sandhill cranes walking along the ground.
Sandhill Cranes and Sunrise
Sandhill Cranes walking in the water.
Sandhill Cranes walking in the water.
Sheepeater Cliff, in Yellowstone National Park
Slow cooling of a basaltic lava flow that was erupted about 500,000 years ago resulted in the formation of hexagonal columns at Sheepeater Cliff, in Yellowstone National Park.
Slow cooling of a basaltic lava flow that was erupted about 500,000 years ago resulted in the formation of hexagonal columns at Sheepeater Cliff, in Yellowstone National Park.
Sunrise at Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Scenic view of Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Scenic view of Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Sunrise at Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Scenic view of Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Scenic view of Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Sunrise at Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Scenic view of Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Scenic view of Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide
Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide, the largest slide on the US Atlantic coast. Data were collected on the R/V Atlantis in 2003.
Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide, the largest slide on the US Atlantic coast. Data were collected on the R/V Atlantis in 2003.
Unfinished Bridge at Lecompton
Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas, following the 1951 flood (reproduced from McCrae, 1954).
Kansas River at Lecompton, Kansas, following the 1951 flood (reproduced from McCrae, 1954).
Water quality sampling on San Francisco Bay
USGS conducts water quality sampling to describe changes in water quality along the deep channel of the San Francisco Bay-Delta system. Sampling includes continuious sampling and discrete sampling. Here a water discrete water sample is collected using a Niskin sampler at sunset in north San Francisco Bay.
USGS conducts water quality sampling to describe changes in water quality along the deep channel of the San Francisco Bay-Delta system. Sampling includes continuious sampling and discrete sampling. Here a water discrete water sample is collected using a Niskin sampler at sunset in north San Francisco Bay.
Southern California Neighborhood Scarred by Wildfire
Southern California neighborhood scarred by wildfire.
Southern California neighborhood scarred by wildfire.
Long Island farm irrigation rig
Long Island sod farm irrigation rig
Long Island sod farm irrigation rig
Callicnectes Toxotes
Callicnetes toxotes, ventral view.
Callicnetes toxotes, ventral view.
Cardisoma Crassum
Cardisoma crassum, reproductive organ.
Cardisoma crassum, reproductive organ.
Gecarcinus Cuadratus
Gecarcinus cuadratus, ventral view.
Gecarcinus cuadratus, ventral view.
Gecarcinus Cuadratus
Gecarcinus cuadratus, dorsal view.
Gecarcinus cuadratus, dorsal view.
Gecarcinus Cuadratus
Gecarcinus cuadratus, frontal view.
Gecarcinus cuadratus, frontal view.
Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)
Larval Pacific lamprey collected from the upper Umatilla River in northeastern Oregon.
Larval Pacific lamprey collected from the upper Umatilla River in northeastern Oregon.
Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus)
Two specimens of Grapus grapsus, dosal view and ventral view.
Two specimens of Grapus grapsus, dosal view and ventral view.
Research Vessel Polaris
San Fracisco Bay, CA; Amy Little on Research Vessel Polaris, sampling for water quality constitutents.
San Fracisco Bay, CA; Amy Little on Research Vessel Polaris, sampling for water quality constitutents.
Torrey Pines State Reserve
Scenery from the Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Scenery from the Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Torrey Pines State Reserve
Scenery of coastline from the Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Scenery of coastline from the Torrey Pines State Reserve.