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Images described and linked on this webpage come from a wide variety of USGS science activities and presentations performed by USGS Science Center staff members in the Region 10: California-Great Basin. A search tool is provided to narrow the number of image files shown.
In 2022, we piloted RestoreNet V2.0 testing soil inoculation from undegraded reference sites, seed balls (white balls in photo), and pitting treatments (small indentions). Soil inoculation with healthy soils is expected to increase beneficial microbes at the degraded restoration site. Soil microbes can help reduce water stress in plants. Photo by Hannah Farrell.
In 2022, we piloted RestoreNet V2.0 testing soil inoculation from undegraded reference sites, seed balls (white balls in photo), and pitting treatments (small indentions). Soil inoculation with healthy soils is expected to increase beneficial microbes at the degraded restoration site. Soil microbes can help reduce water stress in plants. Photo by Hannah Farrell.
A collage of images depicts shoreline habitat and wildlife that use the Salton Sea area in southern California.
A collage of images depicts shoreline habitat and wildlife that use the Salton Sea area in southern California.
UAS Research Center BisonCore Project, using onboard autopilot systems, BisonCore on Sandy the Rover instructs the Autopilot to deviate course to follow the UAS Engineer around the parking lot. Acting like a ‘duckling’.
UAS Research Center BisonCore Project, using onboard autopilot systems, BisonCore on Sandy the Rover instructs the Autopilot to deviate course to follow the UAS Engineer around the parking lot. Acting like a ‘duckling’.
UASRC BisonCore Project, using onboard systems inherent to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Autopilots, BisonCore-Vehicle Formation Program predicts the path of the vehicle ahead.
UASRC BisonCore Project, using onboard systems inherent to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Autopilots, BisonCore-Vehicle Formation Program predicts the path of the vehicle ahead.
Image showing IAU-approved nomenclature for surface features on asteroid Didymos
Image showing IAU-approved nomenclature for surface features on asteroid Didymos
Image showing IAU-approved nomenclature for surface features on asteroid Dimophos
Image showing IAU-approved nomenclature for surface features on asteroid Dimophos
Left to Right: Trond Loke (Norsk Elektro Optikk), Isaac Anderson (USGS) and Liz Hyde (USGS) standing in front of the NASA ER-2 aircraft, during deployment to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA.
Left to Right: Trond Loke (Norsk Elektro Optikk), Isaac Anderson (USGS) and Liz Hyde (USGS) standing in front of the NASA ER-2 aircraft, during deployment to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA.
Natural color image from the first flight of the high-altitude HySpex V-1240. Image is oriented with respect to true North, and is centered around Colombia, CA.
Natural color image from the first flight of the high-altitude HySpex V-1240. Image is oriented with respect to true North, and is centered around Colombia, CA.
USGS National Innovation Center UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, augments an autonomous rover to navigate around obstacles through a hallway, in a GPS Denied Environment. Augmentation done through payload directed operations on data from stereo depth sensors. White circle depicts vehicle’s desired direction.
USGS National Innovation Center UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, augments an autonomous rover to navigate around obstacles through a hallway, in a GPS Denied Environment. Augmentation done through payload directed operations on data from stereo depth sensors. White circle depicts vehicle’s desired direction.
In June 2022, Mendenhall Fellow Sabine Loos (Research Civil Engineer in the Geological Hazards Science Center) presented a seminar to USGS's Earthquake Science Center at Moffett Field, CA, where Max Schneider (Research Statistician) works as a Mendenhall Fellow.
In June 2022, Mendenhall Fellow Sabine Loos (Research Civil Engineer in the Geological Hazards Science Center) presented a seminar to USGS's Earthquake Science Center at Moffett Field, CA, where Max Schneider (Research Statistician) works as a Mendenhall Fellow.
Grand Canyon Youth/Partners in Science trip participants cool down under a small waterfall on a hot day
Grand Canyon Youth/Partners in Science trip participants cool down under a small waterfall on a hot day
A low-flying helicopter towing a geophysical device collects scientific data on groundwater and geology. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential.
A low-flying helicopter towing a geophysical device collects scientific data on groundwater and geology. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential.
A helicopter rigged with an airborne geophysical survey collecting equipment. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential. A cow is here too.
A helicopter rigged with an airborne geophysical survey collecting equipment. Information collected during these surveys can help with studying critical mineral resources, natural hazards and groundwater potential. A cow is here too.
RestoreNet treatments include soil pits and connectivity modifiers (ConMods), seen here at a RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
RestoreNet treatments include soil pits and connectivity modifiers (ConMods), seen here at a RestoreNet site in the Sonoran Desert.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies at the southern end of Ruby Valley in northeast Nevada. For more information visit the Ruby Lake NWR website.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies at the southern end of Ruby Valley in northeast Nevada. For more information visit the Ruby Lake NWR website.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, Autonomous Rover Sandy is equipped with a single board companion computer (with BisonCore installed), and various sensors useful for augmentation testing and development.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, Autonomous Rover Sandy is equipped with a single board companion computer (with BisonCore installed), and various sensors useful for augmentation testing and development.
Joanne Chan conducting a seismic survey in San Carlos, California, looking for traces of the Serra Fault.
Joanne Chan conducting a seismic survey in San Carlos, California, looking for traces of the Serra Fault.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, augments an autonomous rover to avoid running into obstacles. Shown in picture; user set waypoint (2) that runs over a curb/barrier. CDA engaged and navigated south avoiding, and seeking a path around, the curb.
UAS Research Center's BisonCore Project, augments an autonomous rover to avoid running into obstacles. Shown in picture; user set waypoint (2) that runs over a curb/barrier. CDA engaged and navigated south avoiding, and seeking a path around, the curb.
A map showing North America's tropical-to-temperate transition zone. Red, orange, and yellow depict the more tropical zones, and blues depict the more temperate zones, based on to the coldest recorded temperature for each area between 1980 and 2009.
A map showing North America's tropical-to-temperate transition zone. Red, orange, and yellow depict the more tropical zones, and blues depict the more temperate zones, based on to the coldest recorded temperature for each area between 1980 and 2009.
Winter temperature extremes control the distributions of subtropical fishes. Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis), aggregate at a spring in northern Florida during winter. Snook are warm saltwater game fish, common in Florida, that have been moving further northward as extreme cold spells become less frequent and less intense.
Winter temperature extremes control the distributions of subtropical fishes. Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis), aggregate at a spring in northern Florida during winter. Snook are warm saltwater game fish, common in Florida, that have been moving further northward as extreme cold spells become less frequent and less intense.
The USGS landslide team monitors and continues to update the hazard map models based on data collected in burn areas. This information improves future models and provides better hazard assessments used by officials for emergency response and decision making. Many of the steep hillsides burned and denuded in California fires repel water rather than soak it in.
The USGS landslide team monitors and continues to update the hazard map models based on data collected in burn areas. This information improves future models and provides better hazard assessments used by officials for emergency response and decision making. Many of the steep hillsides burned and denuded in California fires repel water rather than soak it in.