The USGS has been monitoring the Kennebunk River near Kennebunk, Maine since June 2008 and the peak discharge for the period of record occurred in February 2010.
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Flooding on the Kennebunk River
The USGS has been monitoring the Kennebunk River near Kennebunk, Maine since June 2008 and the peak discharge for the period of record occurred in February 2010.
Map of the North American - Caribbean tectonic plate boundary
Map of the North American - Caribbean tectonic plate boundary. Colors denote depth below sea level and elevation on land. Bold numbers are the years of moderately large (larger than about M7) historical earthquakes written next to their approximate location. Asterisk - Location of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Map of the North American - Caribbean tectonic plate boundary. Colors denote depth below sea level and elevation on land. Bold numbers are the years of moderately large (larger than about M7) historical earthquakes written next to their approximate location. Asterisk - Location of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Moses-Saunders Power dam on St Lawrence River , NY
View of Moses-Saunders Power dam on St Lawrence River. The USGS samples at this location. Photo credit, Dan Edwards, USGS.
View of Moses-Saunders Power dam on St Lawrence River. The USGS samples at this location. Photo credit, Dan Edwards, USGS.
Mineralization
Mineralized section in the Cerro Maimón copper-gold-silver mine in the Dominican Replublic.
Mineralized section in the Cerro Maimón copper-gold-silver mine in the Dominican Replublic.
Loading & Unloading
Mine trucks transporting material from the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine in Colorado.
Mine trucks transporting material from the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mine in Colorado.
Photograph of methane seep
A methane seep in shallow Lake Qalluuraq on the Alaskan North Slope near the Native Village of Atqasuk breaks the water's surface during 2009 geophysical surveys
A methane seep in shallow Lake Qalluuraq on the Alaskan North Slope near the Native Village of Atqasuk breaks the water's surface during 2009 geophysical surveys
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice ahead of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent on September 1, 2009. The two ships were part of a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the North American continental shelf.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice ahead of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent on September 1, 2009. The two ships were part of a multi-year, multi-agency Arctic survey that will help define the North American continental shelf.
Canadian and U.S. Coast Guard Ships
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent alongside U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. The United States and Canada are mapping the Arctic seafloor and gathering data to help define the outer limits of the continental shelf in this region.
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St. Laurent alongside U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. The United States and Canada are mapping the Arctic seafloor and gathering data to help define the outer limits of the continental shelf in this region.
Inlet to Pickwacket Pond, NY
Inlet to Pickwacket Pond, NY
Native community in-ground food storage
The Native communities’ in-ground food storage facilities are being lost as a result of eroding bluffs and thawing permafrost.
The Native communities’ in-ground food storage facilities are being lost as a result of eroding bluffs and thawing permafrost.
Fire Island, New York shoreline
Fire Island, NY sand dunes with protective sand fencing
Fire Island, NY sand dunes with protective sand fencing
Fire Island, New York shoreline
Fire Island, New York shoreline
Shorebirds on the shoreline on a Fire Island, NY beach
Shorebirds on the shoreline on a Fire Island, NY beach
Shorebirds on the shoreline on a Fire Island, NY beach
Ocean side homes on Fire Island, New York
Ocean side homes on Fire Island, New York
Ocean side homes on Fire Island, New York
Science Crew Aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Science crew ran the multichannel seismic equipment, sonobuoy refraction equipment, navigation, marine mammal observations program, and incidental science studies. Dr. Deborah Hutchinson (USGS liaison aboard the Canadian icebreaker) is 7th from the right. Dr. David Mosher, Chief Scientist aboard Louis is 10th from the right.
Science crew ran the multichannel seismic equipment, sonobuoy refraction equipment, navigation, marine mammal observations program, and incidental science studies. Dr. Deborah Hutchinson (USGS liaison aboard the Canadian icebreaker) is 7th from the right. Dr. David Mosher, Chief Scientist aboard Louis is 10th from the right.
Raindbow trout in New York stream
Raindbow trout in New York stream
Raindbow trout in New York stream
Collecting periphyton samples from the Upper Esopus Creek
Collecting periphyton samples from the Upper Esopus Creek
Collecting periphyton samples from the Upper Esopus Creek
Seismic Lab aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Seismic Lab aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Seismic Lab aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Protected Species Observer aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Protected Species Observer aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Protected Species Observer aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
Flags flying high
U.S. and Canadian two icebreaker collaboration in the Arctic Ocean. Flags flying from CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent.
U.S. and Canadian two icebreaker collaboration in the Arctic Ocean. Flags flying from CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent.