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Nouvelle carte itinéraire de la France par départements et divisions militaires ...

Nouvelle carte itinéraire de la France par départements et divisions m...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Day 322, Survey U, Sectors 15 and 16

Day 322, Survey U, Sectors 15 and 16

Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

3-D Perspective Pasadena, California

3-D Perspective Pasadena, California

This perspective view shows the western part of the city of Pasadena, California, looking north towards the San Gabriel Mountains. Portions of the cities of Altadena and La Canada, Flintridge are also shown. Th... More

Tom Howko, regional civil planner for the Great Lakes

Tom Howko, regional civil planner for the Great Lakes

Tom Howko, regional civil planner for the Great Lakes and Rivers Division explains Phase 2a (Navigation Restoration) to the key responding emergency management liaisons at the New Madrid Planning Workshop.

Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory Lake, holds up the pH sample to the pH color chart for recording the results collected at river mile 247.7 on the Cumberland River for the 2013 World Wate... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg (left), command information

Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg (left), command information

Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg (left), command information chief with U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs Office, collects donated items, for those affected by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Amatrice, Italy, from a memb... More

Army Reserve Celebrates Earth Day Across the Nation

Army Reserve Celebrates Earth Day Across the Nation

From Hawaii to Puerto Rico, the United States Army Reserve observed Earth Day with events at Installations, Readiness Divisions and the Mission Support Command. (Stock asset)

Jerry Breznican, emergency management chief presents

Jerry Breznican, emergency management chief presents

Jerry Breznican, emergency management chief presents the Nashville District's New Madrid Response Mission Statement at the New Madrid Planning Workshop.

Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory Lake, holds up the pH sample to the pH color chart for recording the results collected at river mile 247.7 on the Cumberland River for the 2013 World Wate... More

Members of the U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs Office,

Members of the U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs Office,

Members of the U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs Office, located in Vicenza, Italy, load donated items to be delivered to those affected by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Amatrice, Aug. 26, 2016. Donations origina... More

Trey Church, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Trey Church, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Trey Church, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory Lake, records the four key water quality indicators: dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, and turbidity from the test site at river mile 237 on the Cumberla... More

Items donated by members of the Vicenza Military Community,

Items donated by members of the Vicenza Military Community,

Items donated by members of the Vicenza Military Community, Vicenza, Italy, fill the back of a moving truck to be delivered to those affected by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Amatrice, Aug. 26, 2016. Donations ... More

Trey Church, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Trey Church, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory

Trey Church, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory Lake, holds up the dissolved oxygen to the dissolved oxygen color chart for recording the results collected at river mile 237 on the Cumberland River for ... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg, command information chief

Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg, command information chief

Staff Sgt. Joshua Tverberg, command information chief with U.S. Army Africa Public Affairs Office, and his wife, Shawna drive a moving truck filled with donations from members of the Vicenza Military Community ... More

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by volunteer supporters, continue to help displaced residents of Amatrice, Italy Aug. 27, 2016, recover from a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the town just f... More

This is the dissolved oxygen and pH samples collected

This is the dissolved oxygen and pH samples collected

This is the dissolved oxygen and pH samples collected from the test site at river mile 243.8 on the Cumberland River for the 2013 World Water Monitoring Challenge on Sept. 13, 2013.

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by volunteer supporters, continue to help displaced residents of Amatrice, Italy Aug. 27, 2016, recover from a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the town just f... More

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by

Teams of rescue and construction workers, aided by volunteer supporters, construct a temporary encampment to help the displaced residents of Amatrice, Italy Aug. 27, 2016, recover from a 6.2 magnitude earthquak... More

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the town of Amatrice,

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the town of Amatrice,

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the town of Amatrice, Italy Aug. 24, 2016, reduced numerous buildings to piles of rubble, many of which were built in the 16th century, and left approximately 2,500 residen... More

The U.S. Geological Survey in camp at Red Buttes. Figures are 1. F.V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist in Charge, 2. James Stevens - NARA - 516891

The U.S. Geological Survey in camp at Red Buttes. Figures are 1. F.V. ...

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Scientists measuring the terminus of Grinnell Glacier (4427592139)

Scientists measuring the terminus of Grinnell Glacier (4427592139)

Recording data on the terminus of the glaciers found in Glacier National Park is a critical component of understanding the impacts of global climate change on the park. These scientists are using GPS units to r... More

Rub tree (Northern Divide Grizzly Bear Project) (4427395613)

Rub tree (Northern Divide Grizzly Bear Project) (4427395613)

A grizzly bear "rub tree". Trees like this, as well as barbed wire hair snag, were used to collect hair samples from grizzly bears throughout the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem as part of the (Northern Divide... More

Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875. (Stereoscopic view) (30282228030)

Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875. (Stereosco...

Howardsville, Bakers Park. San Juan County, Colorado. 1875. (Stereoscopic view)

Surviving in the Arctic - 8594929349

Surviving in the Arctic - 8594929349

This image is of two polar bears cuddled together on a piece of Arctic sea ice, surrounded by ocean water and thin layers of sea ice. This image allows for a deeper understanding of the endangered species and ... More

1984 Mauna Loa Eruption (16285896735)

1984 Mauna Loa Eruption (16285896735)

Several Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists board a helicopter as large lava fountains erupt in the background during the The 1984 eruption of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. Helicopters provided access to re... More

TNM Users Conference (5912829560)
TNM Users Conference (5915329167)
TNM Users Conference (5904978323)
Baby Desert Tortoise (16490346262)

Baby Desert Tortoise (16490346262)

Baby Desert Tortoise — Here's your "awwwwwwww, so cute!" moment for the day...nothing tops this one. Here we see a a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) hatching from its egg, as photographed by one of our US... More

Columbia River Walleye (11434121464)

Columbia River Walleye (11434121464)

Columbia River Walleye — A walleye with a partially digested fish in its mouth. USGS scientists are studying how non-native fish like this walleye are changing the food web of the Columbia River. For more info... More

2019 USGS Regions

2019 USGS Regions

The USGS splits the country into specific regions that each have their own research goals and resource issues.

Abandoned Flowing Well in Armenia

Abandoned Flowing Well in Armenia

Many flowing wells have been abandonded in the Ararat Valley.

Boulder City Airport (1958 USGS)

Boulder City Airport (1958 USGS)

Boulder City Airport was an airport in Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada. This image shows the airport on a 1958 map created by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Fiji 2018 Mw 8.2 ShakeMap

Fiji 2018 Mw 8.2 ShakeMap

Newer updated ShakeMap for the M8.2 Fiji earthquake

First Powell Expedition 1869 USGS Pioh120

First Powell Expedition 1869 USGS Pioh120

First Powell Expedition 1869 Map of John Wesley Powell's Pioneer River Voyage, 1869 Area of map used by Major John Wesley Powell during Colorado River expeditions. Utah. 1869 USGS U.S. Department of the Interi... More

Fiji 2018 doublet earthquakes diagram

Fiji 2018 doublet earthquakes diagram

Cross-section through the subducting Pacific slab near Fiji with marked epicenters for the August 2018 M8.2 and September 2018 M7.9 earthquakes.

Fox Franz Ivory Glaciers NZ fig6

Fox Franz Ivory Glaciers NZ fig6

Figure 6.-Measured variations in the position of the termini of the Fox, Franz Josef, and Ivory Glaciers.

Greater Green River Basin Map

Greater Green River Basin Map

This is a map that shows the border of the Greater Green River Basin, along with the subbasins and archs that make up the overall basin.

Harmonia axyridis pupae (7705915198)

Harmonia axyridis pupae (7705915198)

Ladybird pupa, White Oak leaf, Beltsville, Maryland, August 2012, determination by speech path girl

Magnitude 3 or higher earthquakes in the U.S. (2008-2012)

Magnitude 3 or higher earthquakes in the U.S. (2008-2012)

Map showing significant earthquake activity in the Midwest region of the United States from 2008-2012.

Main faults of northern and central California

Main faults of northern and central California

Main faults along the northern and central California Coast. (DCPP= Diablo Canyon Power Plant)

Mansfield Figure 1

Mansfield Figure 1

Figure 1 from USGS Circular 646, a survey of the "Brown Mountain lights" phenomenon, by George R. Mansfield. Mansfield used basic surveying techniques to plot the sources of the Brown Mountain lights on this m... More

Mapping the North Half of Lovelock One Degree Quadrangle in the Desert Area Near Jungo, Nevada, 1 August 1931

Mapping the North Half of Lovelock One Degree Quadrangle in the Desert...

This image was downloaded from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website at http://online.wr.usgs.gov/outreach/historicPhotos/enlarged/jungo_nevada.html. The image was captioned: "1931-Mapping the no... More

Mid-Atlantic Region location map

Mid-Atlantic Region location map

Mid-Atlantic Region location map from Earl A. Greene et al. "Ground-Water Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination in the Mid-Atlantic Region". USGS Fact Sheet FS 2004-3067. 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

Niger Delta Stratigraphic Column

Niger Delta Stratigraphic Column

Stratigraphic column showing the main formations of the Niger Delta

Original McKelvey Diagram published in 1973

Original McKelvey Diagram published in 1973

Figure 1, "Classification of Mineral Resources used in this volume", the original McKelvey Diagram (or McKelvey box) as published in 1973. https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1973/0682/report.pdf

Pathways of pesticide movement in the hydrologic cycle

Pathways of pesticide movement in the hydrologic cycle

Pathways of pesticide movement in the hydrologic cycle (modified from Barbash and Resek, 1996

Query USGS

Query USGS

Español: Captura de pantalla para instrucciones de como buscar una localidad en el GNIS Feature Search

Soil profile with oxidation

Soil profile with oxidation

Soil profile in hills of Manisa Province, Turkey, showing a distinct horizon of accumulated red-purple metallic (manganese and/or iron?) oxides.

Southwestern Wyoming Upper Cretaceous Unit cross section

Southwestern Wyoming Upper Cretaceous Unit cross section

A generalized cross section of the Upper Cretaceous Units shown from west to east along Southwestern Wyoming.

Source Rock Strat

Source Rock Strat

Generalized stratigraphy of the Southwestern Wyoming Province.

Watercyclelithuanian

Watercyclelithuanian

Water-Cycle Diagram (Lithuanian)Lietuvių: Vandens apytaka (Lietuvių)

USGS gauge 1 (6466594491)

USGS gauge 1 (6466594491)

USGS water gauge equipment on Spring Creek to support water augmentation pilot project. Phot by Tom MacKenzie, USFWS

Aquaculture in Armenia

Aquaculture in Armenia

The growth of aquaculture to raise trout, sturgeon and other cold-water fish has increased withdrawals of critical groundwater in the Ararat Basin of Armenia. The USGS is working with partners, including USAID... More

USGS-Armenia, March 2, 2016, Ararat Valley 05

USGS-Armenia, March 2, 2016, Ararat Valley 05

Field training on measuring the hydraulic head (water level) above land surface using a pressure gauge for a flowing well in Sis, Armenia. The well owner stated that the pressure and discharge have decreased m... More

USGS-Armenia, March 2, 2016, Ararat Valley 06

USGS-Armenia, March 2, 2016, Ararat Valley 06

Field demonstration of making a discharge measurement of outflow from a fish farm in Armenia. The calculated flow was about 7 cubic feet per second.

PSM V46 D500 Results of the 1894 usgs topographic survey

PSM V46 D500 Results of the 1894 usgs topographic survey

Results of the 1894 usgs topographic survey

Examining the Seed Layers (7c814cea-b382-49c5-9a69-f6497ba6cc92)

Examining the Seed Layers (7c814cea-b382-49c5-9a69-f6497ba6cc92)

Jeff Pigati, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, picks at one of the sedimentary layers in the trench to more closely examine the seeds found in the layer. Small black seeds were commonly found near t... More

1921 Los Burros mining district

1921 Los Burros mining district

USGS map from 1921 illustrating known locations of mines in the Los Burros Mining District in southern Big Sur, California.

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel I) (7676419064)

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel I) (7676419064)

Foliolina Lendenfeldii, Marsh. Public domain photograph related to botany, plants, gardening, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel III) (7676420956)

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel III) (7676420956)

Ceratodendron Haeckelii, Mjosh. (Form rigid um.)

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel II) (7676419952)

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel II) (7676419952)

Ceratodendron Haeckelii, Maisit. V Fonu in olle.)

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Public domain photograph related to nature & natural history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel VIII) (7676425828)

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel VIII) (7676425828)

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Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel VII) (7676424850)

Spongiologische Beiträge (Tafel VII) (7676424850)

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The botanical atlas (7349129308)

The botanical atlas (7349129308)

CLASSIFIED ARRANGEMENT OF THE VARIOUS ORDERS REPRESENTED, AND THE DENERA CHOSEN Group— GYMNOSPEUMS Cyoadeaj Oycas Zamia Cerato-zamia lincephalartos I. ConifeiRi Tajeiu Pinus Cupressux Sub-Kingdom—... More

The botanical atlas (Page XXVI) (7351353374)

The botanical atlas (Page XXVI) (7351353374)

CRYPTOGAMS MULTIPLICATION AND REPRODUCTION PLATE XXV L M U C R Endo-goniditi U L D T H R I X CEDDGDNIUM lOogoruaia. Zoo-gomdia. Jfcdogomdui 5 Promycelium. 4 2. Male. Element stationary I ^. Femak. ■... More

Physical Divisions of the United States of America (1946 by Fenneman, published by USGS)

Physical Divisions of the United States of America (1946 by Fenneman, ...

This is a map published by the USGS in 1946 that captured the work of Nevin M. Fenneman who chaired a committee of the American Association of Geographers that was tasked with preparing a map of suitable phys... More

Ahaggar Landsat 8 surface reflectance composite

Ahaggar Landsat 8 surface reflectance composite

Deutsch: Das Ahaggar, auch bekannt als Hoggar, ein vulkanisches Gebirge in der zentralen Sahara. Das Bild ist gemittelt aus 34 Landsat 8-Aufnahmen, bereitgestellt von der NASA. Grundlage sind die surface refle... More

St. Francis abutment

St. Francis abutment

St. Francis Dam Flood March 12-13, 1928, Los Angeles County, California. Huge concrete block from the west abutment of the dam about half a mile below the dam. The block is approximately 63 feet long, 30 feet ... More

Rocky Mountain Bzzzz (11464252434)

Rocky Mountain Bzzzz (11464252434)

This bee (Anthophora montana) was collected as part of a survey of Rocky Mountain National Park. The size of a bumblebee, but has all those cream colored markings on its face that Bumblebees never have. A male ... More

Vegetation and Landscape Character at the Jagger Museum (c9c293cc-9a3d-45fe-f834-eb1775e7cece)

Vegetation and Landscape Character at the Jagger Museum (c9c293cc-9a3d...

A one-story lava stone building is surrounded by a walkway, stone retaining wall, and dry shrub vegetation. Crater Rim Historic District. The open ohi'a lehua and dry shrub vegetation at Uwekahuna Bluff help e... More

Airborne magnetometer

Airborne magnetometer

Pilatus PC-6/C-H2 Turbo Porter Original caption: In 1992, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists used this airplane, specially equipped with a magnetometer (white boom at rear of aircraft), to measure variati... More

Back to the Future Day - USGS National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office is leading the implementation of UAS technology in anticipation of transforming the Department of the Interior (DOI) approach for collecting remote sensing

Back to the Future Day - USGS National Unmanned Aircraft Systems Proje...

Back to the Future Day — In #BackToTheFuture, Marty McFly saw an unmanned drone walk a dog (clearly, we're not there yet). However, did you know that the USGS uses Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for remote se... More

Satellite photograph of Balikpapan 1995

Satellite photograph of Balikpapan 1995

Satellite image of Balikpapan, Kaltim in 1995.

Batavia Kill Red Falls

Batavia Kill Red Falls

Picture of Red Kill Falls

BGSC construction

BGSC construction

Construction of BGSC. From file A1VCEM00010175.

Boa in Puerto Rico 2011

Boa in Puerto Rico 2011

Boa constrictor "in situ" on a tree buttress right after some rain in Puerto Rico.

Bobs mountain

Bobs mountain

Bobs Mountain, Boring Volcanic Field — Hills of the Portland Basin - USGS

California Volcano Observatory operations room

California Volcano Observatory operations room

The California Volcano Observatory operations room.

Canajoharie Creek USGS

Canajoharie Creek USGS

Graph of United States Geological Survey discharge in cubic feet/sec recorded every 15 minutes on the Canajoharie Creek near Canajoharie, NY, USA, during the week in August 2011 when Tropical Storm Irene passed over

Corecast poster hires

Corecast poster hires

A CoreCast promotional poster

Deadhorse Geomagnetic Observatory

Deadhorse Geomagnetic Observatory

"Commo shack" at Deadhorse Geomagnetic Observatory, Deadhorse, Alaska, USA

DOQ

DOQ

Image from a Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ) of Washington, D.C.

Earthquake shockwave travel times - Public domain map

Earthquake shockwave travel times - Public domain map

Shake map of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Las Heras on July 22, 2013. Epicenter marked at star.

Esopus Creek hurricane irene usgs

Esopus Creek hurricane irene usgs

Graph of United States Geological Survey discharge in cubic feet/sec recorded every 15 minutes on the Esopus Creek near Coldbrook, NY, USA, during the week in August 2011 when Tropical Storm Irene passed over

Franz Jozef Glacier NZ fig13

Franz Jozef Glacier NZ fig13

Figure 13.-Historic variations of the terminus position of the Franz Josef Glacier, Westland, New Zealand and associated events. 1907-A viewing gallery giving access across a sheer rock face above the northeas... More

Frd-61 l

Frd-61 l

Garnet in Schist. Garnetiferous quartz-muscovite-biotite-schist of the Loch Raven Schist, east of Triadelphia Reservoir, eastern Piedmont, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA. עברית: גבישי גרנט בתוך צפחה

Happy Statehood Day Tennessee and Kentucky! (18338753252)

Happy Statehood Day Tennessee and Kentucky! (18338753252)

Happy Statehood Day Tennessee and Kentucky! — Two statehood days today​, but​ just a few years apart from each​ other​. Today in 1792, Kentucky became the 15th U.S. State. Just 4 years later​,​ on the same day,... More

Hayden Wyoming 1870 jwh00282

Hayden Wyoming 1870 jwh00282

Wyoming. Group of all the members of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1870, made while in camp at Red Buttes at the junction of the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers. Standing left to right: John "Potato John"... More

Hayden Camp 1870s jwh00503

Hayden Camp 1870s jwh00503

Camp study. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and the artist Walter Paris (1870s)

Hayden PackTrain 1871 jwh00114

Hayden PackTrain 1871 jwh00114

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Survey party, with pack train, en route upon the trail between the Yellowstone River and East Fork, showing the manner in which all parties traverse these wilds. 1871.U.S. G... More

Hicks Airfield

Hicks Airfield

A 2001 USGS image of the Hicks Airfield.

Hill 1899 RioGrande

Hill 1899 RioGrande

Robert T. Hill's party leaving the canyons of the Rio Grande at Langtry, left to right: James MacMahon boatman, Robert T. Hill, Prentice B. Hill assistant, Shorty Franklin boatman, Henry J. Ware boatman and Se... More

Hill 1899 VanHornMts

Hill 1899 VanHornMts

South end of Van Horn Mountains, Sierra Diablo. Culberson County, Texas. 1899.

Holmes 1877 Kanab Desert dut0035b

Holmes 1877 Kanab Desert dut0035b

Sunset on the Kanab Desert. From the brink of the Permian Cliff - a Permian butte in the foreground, the Vermillion Cliffs in the distance, and the Jurassic white sandstone in the extreme background. Drawn by ... More

Heriades, female, face 2012-07-16-16.54.32 ZS PMax (7826282740)

Heriades, female, face 2012-07-16-16.54.32 ZS PMax (7826282740)

Heriades variolosa or leavitti, female, Kent County, Maryland

Hoạt động mácma

Hoạt động mácma

Tiếng Việt: Khối cắt bao gồm các đá trầm tích bị các đá mácma xuyên cắt qua kèm theo hoạt động núi lửa.

ID Twin Falls 238588 1976 24000 geo

ID Twin Falls 238588 1976 24000 geo

Twin Falls Quandragle, Idaho, 7.5 Minute Series (Orthophotoquand), Orthophotograph prepared from 1:78.000-scale aerial photographs taken August 20, 1976.

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