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video thumbnail: Protection of urban headwaters during residential development, Jabaz Branch, Severn, Maryland Protection of urban headwaters during residential development, Jabaz Branch, Severn, Maryland
Protection of urban headwaters during residential development, Jabaz Branch, Severn, Maryland
Protection of urban headwaters during residential development, Jabaz Branch, Severn, Maryland

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Keith Underwood (Underwood and Assoc.), and Joe Berg (BioHabitats, Inc.) discuss regenerative stormwater conveyance, sand seepage berms, and swales used in new "green" residential developments to protect important trout habitat in downstream areas.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey), Keith Underwood (Underwood and Assoc.), and Joe Berg (BioHabitats, Inc.) discuss regenerative stormwater conveyance, sand seepage berms, and swales used in new "green" residential developments to protect important trout habitat in downstream areas.

video thumbnail: Special stormwater outfalls (bubblers) used in stream restoration projects to reduce erosive energy, Carriage Hills Outfall, Maryland Special stormwater outfalls (bubblers) used in stream restoration projects to reduce erosive energy, Carriage Hills Outfall, Maryland
Special stormwater outfalls (bubblers) used in stream restoration projects to reduce erosive energy, Carriage Hills Outfall, Maryland
Special stormwater outfalls (bubblers) used in stream restoration projects to reduce erosive energy, Carriage Hills Outfall, Maryland

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Joe Berg (BioHabitats, Inc.) describe bubble up inlet structures that help to reduce erosive energy for stormwater outfalls where they discharge into rehabilitated streams.

Faith Fitzpatrick (U.S. Geological Survey) and Joe Berg (BioHabitats, Inc.) describe bubble up inlet structures that help to reduce erosive energy for stormwater outfalls where they discharge into rehabilitated streams.

Fissure Eruption Between Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Nāpau Crater
Fissure Eruption Between Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Nāpau Crater
Fissure Eruption Between Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Nāpau Crater

Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Nāpau Crater.

Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and Nāpau Crater.

Fissure Propagating
Fissure Propagating
Fissure Propagating

Video clip shot in front of the propagating fissure, showing low spattering that started moments earlier.

Video clip shot in front of the propagating fissure, showing low spattering that started moments earlier.

Lava Pouring From Fissure
Lava Pouring From Fissure
Lava Pouring From Fissure

Video showing lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Nāpau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.

Video showing lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Nāpau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.

Lava Spatter
Lava Spatter
Lava Spatter

Video of spattering near the front of the propagating fissure.

Video of spattering near the front of the propagating fissure.

Lava Spattering Near Pu`u `Ō`ō
Lava Spattering Near Pu`u `Ō`ō
Lava Spattering Near Pu`u `Ō`ō

Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō near the northeastern end of the fissuresystem.

Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō near the northeastern end of the fissuresystem.

Rim Collapsing into Lava Lake
Rim Collapsing into Lava Lake
Rim Collapsing into Lava Lake

This clip, captured by a video camera on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u to the southwest of the vent, shows a small slice of the western rim of the vent collapsing into the lava lake and includes sound.

This clip, captured by a video camera on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u to the southwest of the vent, shows a small slice of the western rim of the vent collapsing into the lava lake and includes sound.

Vent Collapse at Rim of Halema`uma`u
Vent Collapse at Rim of Halema`uma`u
Vent Collapse at Rim of Halema`uma`u

This video, also compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u, shows the north rim of the vent collapsing.

This video, also compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u, shows the north rim of the vent collapsing.

Seepage Investigation: Clear Creek and Little Colorado River
Seepage Investigation: Clear Creek and Little Colorado River
Seepage Investigation: Clear Creek and Little Colorado River

Stream gaging occurring in Winslow: Clear Creek and Little Colorado River.

video thumbnail: The USGS Core Science Systems Mission Area Science Strategy The USGS Core Science Systems Mission Area Science Strategy
The USGS Core Science Systems Mission Area Science Strategy
The USGS Core Science Systems Mission Area Science Strategy

An overview of the Core Science Systems Mission Area that asks, "What should Core Science Systems focus on in its strategy?"

An overview of the Core Science Systems Mission Area that asks, "What should Core Science Systems focus on in its strategy?"

video thumbnail: The USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area Science Strategy The USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area Science Strategy
The USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area Science Strategy
The USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area Science Strategy

An overview of the Natural Hazards Mission Area that asks, "What should Natural Hazards focus on in its strategy?"

An overview of the Natural Hazards Mission Area that asks, "What should Natural Hazards focus on in its strategy?"

Lava Fountaining Adjacent to Nāpau Crater
Lava Fountaining Adjacent to Nāpau Crater
Lava Fountaining Adjacent to Nāpau Crater

Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, near the southwest end of the fissure system adjacent to Nāpau Crater, active during the day on March 7.

Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, near the southwest end of the fissure system adjacent to Nāpau Crater, active during the day on March 7.

video thumbnail: Collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o Crater Floor on March 5, 2011 Collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o Crater Floor on March 5, 2011
Collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o Crater Floor on March 5, 2011
Collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o Crater Floor on March 5, 2011

Video showing the collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.

Video showing the collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.

video thumbnail: Lava Fountaining from a Dominant Vent Lava Fountaining from a Dominant Vent
Lava Fountaining from a Dominant Vent
Lava Fountaining from a Dominant Vent

Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, near the southwest end of the fissure system adjacent to Napau Crater, active during the day on March 7.

Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, near the southwest end of the fissure system adjacent to Napau Crater, active during the day on March 7.

2-Day Draining of Halema`uma`u
2-Day Draining of Halema`uma`u
2-Day Draining of Halema`uma`u

This Quicktime movie shows a sequence taken from a thermal camera looking into the Halema‘uma‘u vent cavity between March 5 and 7. Tremor and deflation began at about 1:42pm on March 5, and this was shortly followed by draining of the Halema‘uma‘u lava lake.

This Quicktime movie shows a sequence taken from a thermal camera looking into the Halema‘uma‘u vent cavity between March 5 and 7. Tremor and deflation began at about 1:42pm on March 5, and this was shortly followed by draining of the Halema‘uma‘u lava lake.

Collapse of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater Floor on March 5
Collapse of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater Floor on March 5
Collapse of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater Floor on March 5

Video showing the collapse of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.

Video showing the collapse of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.

video thumbnail: Lava Flowing Into a Seemingly Bottomless Crack Lava Flowing Into a Seemingly Bottomless Crack
Lava Flowing Into a Seemingly Bottomless Crack
Lava Flowing Into a Seemingly Bottomless Crack

This video shows lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Napau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.

This video shows lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Napau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.

video thumbnail: Lava Spattering from a Persistent Vent Lava Spattering from a Persistent Vent
Lava Spattering from a Persistent Vent
Lava Spattering from a Persistent Vent

Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu'u 'O 'o near the northeastern end of the fissure system.

Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu'u 'O 'o near the northeastern end of the fissure system.

video thumbnail: Fissure Eruption Between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater Fissure Eruption Between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater
Fissure Eruption Between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater
Fissure Eruption Between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater

Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater. The fissure segment in the tephra in the foreground opened seconds earlier, and only about 10 minutes after the eruption as a whole started. The cracks through the tephra are in the process of opening, though this can't be picked out at this distance.

Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater. The fissure segment in the tephra in the foreground opened seconds earlier, and only about 10 minutes after the eruption as a whole started. The cracks through the tephra are in the process of opening, though this can't be picked out at this distance.

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