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Explore our planet through photography and imagery, including climate change and water all the way back to the 1800s when the USGS was surveying the country by horse and buggy.
On-site data processing of geophysical data from Fire Island, New York
Fire Island is a 50-km long barrier island along the south shore of Long Island, NY. The island is comprised of seventeen year-round communities; federal, state, and county parks; and supports distinct ecosystems alongside areas of economic and cultural value. In addition to providing resources to its residents, the barrier island also protects the heavily-populated
...Combined Wildfire, Landslide, and Hurricane Hazard Areas
Combined wildfire, landslide, and hurricane hazard areas animated gif with 3DEP coverage added at the end
UAS pilots at Kilauea
Department of Interior UAS pilots from left to right – Elizabeth Pendleton (USGS, Woods Hole, MA), Colin Milone (Office of Aviation Services, AK), John Vogel (USGS; Flagstaff, AZ), Sandy Brosnahan (USGS, Woods Hole, MA), Brandon Forbes (USGS; Tuscon, AZ), Chris Holmquist-Johnson
...Windmills at sunset, Oʻahu
Turbines at a wind energy site on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.
Equipment set up at wind energy site
Bat detection and monitoring equipment set up below a turbine at an Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi wind energy site.
Wind turbine towering over trees
A wind turbine rising above Oʻahu trees forms part of a wind energy installation where USGS bat research is taking place.
Scientists collect data on Pelican Island, Alabama
In an effort spanning the Natural Hazards and Ecosystems Mission Areas, pilots from the Saint Petersburg and Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Centers collect imagery data using Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) while personnel from the Wetlands and Aquatic Research Center (WARC) conduct ground-based site surveys of Pelican Island, Alabama. These data are being combined to
...ShakeAlert sensor station being serviced by USGS personnel
A USGS electronics technician performs maintenance on a ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) sensor station, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. ShakeAlert station components include strong-motion accelerometers, solar panel and battery power systems, and communications & telemetry equipment for communication with the wider ShakeAlert network.
Flathead catfish could be spread by Florence floodwaters
The flathead catfish, which is native to the Mississippi Basin, has been sighted in the Carolinas and could be spread by Hurricane Florence's floodwaters. It could affect the abundance of popular native fish like bass. Credit: Eric Engbretson, USFWS, public domain.
Honorable Mention #2 Oct. 2018
October 2018 Photo Contest Honorable Mention #2
Taken by: Paul Joseph Shea
Description: USFACE
Overview of Water Quality in Principal Aquifers
Overview of Water Quality in Principal Aquifers
The Bay Bridge and the Oakland city skyline
The nighttime Oakland city skyline as seen from San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the foreground
B-Roll: California ShakeAlert Sensor
Maintenance of high quality ShakeAlert sensor, power and telemetry station in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
B-Roll: Northwest ShakeAlert Sensor Station
Maintenance of a high-quality ShakeAlert sensors, power and telemetry stations in Portland, OR.
Saline Groundwater Use in the U.S.
Data show that use of saline groundwater has been increasing since 1985.
Power Generation Plant
Source: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Brackish water desalination facility in Harlingen, Texas.
Brackish water desalination facility in Harlingen, Texas. The plant was built in 2007 and has a capacity of 2.25 million gallons per day. Source: North Cameron Regional Water Supply Corporation
Groundwater Desalination Facilities
Groundwater Desalination Facilities. Source: Mickley & Associates, written commun., 2013. Survey of municipal desalination plants.
Total Saline Groundwater Use, 2010
Total Saline Groundwater Use, 2010
Unlined brine pit on the shore of Skiatook Lake, Okla.
Unlined brine pit on the shore of Skiatook Lake, Okla.
(Source: USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program)
Salt Impacted Field
Salt impacted field.
(Source: Colorado State University Extension, Fact Sheet No. 0.521)
Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
(Source: State of Florida Department of Natural Resources. Special Publication No. 21, 1977)
Seawater Intrusion Figure
Seawater Intrusion Figure. (Source: USGS Circular 1262)
Brackish groundwater movement figure
Brackish groundwater movement figure. (Source: USGS Circular 1262)
Map of United States in Late Cretaceous Time (66 to 100 million years
Map of United States in Late Cretaceous Time (66 to 100 million years ago).(Source: USGS Bulletin 1291)
Map of United States in Middle Pennsylvanian Time (about 300 million y
Map of United States in Middle Pennsylvanian Time (about 300 million years ago). (Source: USGS Bulletin 1291)
Salt Deposits (Gypsum)
Salt Deposits (Gypsum). (Source: Siim Sepp, http://www.sandatlas.org/)
Percentage Change in Population by State and Decade: 1980 - 1990 to 20
Percentage Change in Population by State and Decade: 1980 - 1990 to 2000 - 2010. For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/p194-171.pdf
Available Precipitation - Average from 1934 to 2002 In Inches Per Year
Available Precipitation - Average from 1934 to 2002 In Inches Per Year
Brackish Groundwater discharge through a spring in Death Valley, CA
Groundwater in basin-fill aquifers of the Southwest often increases in dissolved-solids content as it travels along its flow path as a result of geochemical interactions with the aquifer matrix and through evaporative processes. At the end of its flowpath, groundwater may be brackish or saline and discharges to the surface through springs such this one in Death Valley
...USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of National Brackish Groundwater Assessme
USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of National Brackish Groundwater Assessment from USGS professional paper 1833 "Brackish Groundwater In The United States."
USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of Regional Groundwater Availability Stud
USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of Regional Groundwater Availability Studies
Artesian Well, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL
Artesian Well, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL
Water census focal area studies button
Water census focal area studies button
Water Census Streamflow button
Water Census Streamflow button
USGS gage 01428000 Tenmile River at Tusten, NY
USGS gage 01428000 Tenmile River at Tusten, NY
USGS gage 01419500 Willowemoc Creek near Livingston Manor, NY
USGS gage 01419500 Willowemoc Creek near Livingston Manor, NY
Piping Plover Habitat, Cedar Island
The beach-dependent shorebirds project at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center models current and future habitat availability for nesting shorebirds in an effort to map current and likely future habitat availability on a range of sites along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Sites include beaches with minimal human-presence, such Cedar Island shown here off of the
...Estimated concentrations of atrazine in shallow groundwater
This map shows estimated concentrations of atrazine in shallow groundwater beneath agricultural land. Atrazine use is one of the most important factors used to predict atrazine and deethylatrazine concentrations in groundwater (right). Within areas of high atrazine use, groundwater residence time, soil permeability, and other factors explain some of the differences in
...Evapotranspiration map
Evapotranspiration map
Bull Trout in the Flathead River (cropped)
Bull Trout in the Flathead River (cropped)
Artesian Well (cropped), John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Lar
Artesian Well (cropped), John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL
Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed
Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed, from Healy, R.W., Winter, T.C., LaBaugh, J.W., and Franke, O.L., 2007, Water budgets: Foundations for effective water-resources and environmental management: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1308.
DSAS Summary Report
Example of a section of DSAS summary report highlighting the use of DSAS_group to organize output statistics.
Data visualization with scaled options applied
Data visualization with (A) fixed and (B) scaled options applied. Examples of NSM and SCE are also displayed (C and D respectively). The data itself has not changed – only the scaling and statistic selected through the DSAS Data Visualization tool.
Displaying fixed bin options for rates of change
Displaying fixed bin options (left) for rates of change for an example dataset (LRR, EPR, WLR), and scaled to data (right) (NSM).
Three-dimensional model of Chimney Bluffs, New York along Lake Ontari
Three-dimensional model of Chimney Bluffs, New York along Lake Ontario created from low-altitude digital images collected from an unmanned aerial system (UAS).