USGS:Science

Media for Science

Access to visual media has always been an important component of scientific work. With advances in technology and decreasing storage costs, it has become possible to store large collections of visual media online, where it can be easily referenced, searched, and shared.

This Dynamic Earth [browse]

This collection contains the photos, maps, charts, and diagrams from the popular USGS publication, This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics, which is available online and as a print publication.

USGS Activities Photo Gallery [browse]

Photo collection showing USGS scientists, students, and volunteers engaged in a variety of activities. This collection was originally developed to give prospective USGS volunteers and students a peek into some of the activities they could be involved in. Interested in becoming a USGS Volunteer or Student Employee? Sign up and be prepared for excitement!

Mount St. Helens Slide Set [browse] [search]

This evolving collection of images from the Cascades Volcano Observatory currently contains a series of photographs taken at Mount St. Helens in Washington State before, during, and after the eruptions of 1980.

Eruption of Eldfell on Heimaey Island, Iceland [browse]

A small collection of photographs, drawings, maps, and charts was used in the out-of-print publication, Man Against Volcano: The Eruption on Heimaey, Vestmann Islands, Iceland. The publication is still available online in Portable Document Format (PDF.)

USGS Special Events [browse] [search]

This collection of images includes special events such as press events, briefings, open houses, art shows, tours, and exhibits at scientific meetings. The collection currently features photographs taken at the Earth Day 2000 event in Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia.

Pennsylvania Coal Mine Drainage Microbiology [browse] [search]

Photomicrographs from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Advanced Measurement Initiative, Central Pennsylvania coal mine drainage discharges.

Mapping Publications Image Gallery [browse]

The images in this collection constitute a growing library of images taken from publications primarily concerned with the National Mapping Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Current highlights include imagery from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, photographs showing damage which occurred during the Loma Prieta, California earthquake of October 1989, and selected high altitude photographs.

Microbiology of Pinal Creek, Arizona Manganese Deposit [browse]

Photomicrograph images of bacteria, cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, mosses, and protozoans living and oxidizing manganese in Pinal Creek, Arizona.


USGS Media for Science
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Updated: 2001-03-22 kwl