Earthshots, satellite images of environmental change
Satellite images of geographic areas of interest, cities, deserts, glaciers, geologic features,disaster areas,water bodies,and wildlife linked with articles, maps, and other images such as AVHRR, photographs,and special projects images.
(Score: 1.000)
Optical Science Laboratory
Site for the Optical Science Laboratory specializing in expert calibration of aerial mapping cameras with links to fees, scheduling cameras for calibration, historical camera database files, USGS aerial camera specifications, and how to visit.
(Score: 1.000)
Picturing science: online science tours
Photographic tours of landscapes, earth history, waterways, wildlife, changing worlds, and earth scientists requiring Macromedia Shockwave Player plugin to view, plus links to Popular products and List of USGS image collections.
(Score: 1.000)
Earth science photographic archive
Photographic archive collection from the USGS Photo Library. Photos dated 1868-1992 are of geology, earthquake damage, national parks, pioneer photographers, St. Helens eruption and mining and available at 100, 700 and 1400 dots/inch resolution.
(Score: 0.690)
USGS image collections
Homepage to access a large number of collections of photographs on many subjects including national parks, ecosystems, plants and animals, and geologic features.
(Score: 0.690)
Kilauea - eruption update and image archive
Current Kilauea eruption activity, updated daily with recent photos, maps, and deformation information and links to video for broadband users, photo glossary, and image archive.
(Score: 0.456)
Volcanoes of Hawaii feature stories archive
Archive of feature stories on volcanic features on the Big Island, guided tours of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, eruptions and eventful earthquakes, and other topics about the work of scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
(Score: 0.456)
Volcanoes of Hawaii photo gallery
Images of Hawaiian volcanoes and the islands theyve built in the past few million years, and images of recent eruptions.
(Score: 0.456)
Photo gallery of the Long Valley area, California
Selection of photographic images of the Long Valley area that illustrate the consequences of the past geologic history of the Sierra Nevada, Long Valley Caldera, the Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, glaciation, and faulting.
(Score: 0.377)
Erosion of a sea stack over 100 years
Series of photographs showing the demise of Jump-off Joe, a sea stack at Nye Beach, Newport, Oregon from 1890 as a result of erosion.
(Score: 0.339)
Photographs of the Picher Mining District (Ottawa County, Oklahoma)
Description and photos related to the Picher Mining District in Oklahoma, once a primary U.S. source of lead and zinc and now the largest superfund site in the U.S. with millions of cubic yards of mine tailings (locally known s chat) remaining.
(Score: 0.272)
Definition:
Art or process of producing images on a sensitized surface (as a film) by the action of radiant energy and especially light. [Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dic. link, 2002]
