Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
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The Colorado River delta marsh at the head of Lake Havasu, AZ and CA
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70 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga
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83 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
2024-05-25 22:23:17 (UTC)
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MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)
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17 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
2024-05-20 12:17:36 (UTC)
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17 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
2024-05-12 11:39:14 (UTC)
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70 km NW of Fangale’ounga, Tonga
2024-05-26 20:47:09 (UTC)
Pager Alert Level: Green
MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)
112.2 km
6.3
83 km NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
2024-05-25 22:23:17 (UTC)
Pager Alert Level: Green
MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)
29.2 km
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17 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
2024-05-20 12:17:36 (UTC)
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17 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
2024-05-12 11:39:14 (UTC)
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Photos, videos, audio files, and webcam photos described and linked on this webpage come from a wide variety of USGS science activities and presentations done by USGS Science Center staff members in the Southwest Region.
Images from Arizona Water Science Center
Images from Arizona Water Science Center
Havasu Creek spilling over Havasu Falls, downstream from Supai Village on the Havasupai Nation.
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Images
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site
Desert marigold (Baileya multiradiata) blooming in a monitoring quadrat at a RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Long camelthorn rhizomes exposed in a wash at Wupatki National Monument
USGS Biological Science Technician Claudia Dimartini poses with a long camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) rhizome (underground root structure from which new plants can propagate that was exposed in a wash at the Deadman Wash Confluence Area. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
USGS Biological Science Technician Claudia Dimartini poses with a long camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) rhizome (underground root structure from which new plants can propagate that was exposed in a wash at the Deadman Wash Confluence Area. Photo by Laura Shriver (USGS).
Newly installed RestoreNet treatments including pits + seedballs + live topsoil and live topsoil + direct seeding
linkNewly installed RestoreNet Version 2.0 treatment plots at Bar T Bar Ranch in Northern Arizona. Left: a plot that received pitting + seedballs + live topsoil inoculum (in the seedballs), Right: a plot that received live topsoil inoculum (spread across the plot) and direct seeding.
Newly installed RestoreNet treatments including pits + seedballs + live topsoil and live topsoil + direct seeding
linkNewly installed RestoreNet Version 2.0 treatment plots at Bar T Bar Ranch in Northern Arizona. Left: a plot that received pitting + seedballs + live topsoil inoculum (in the seedballs), Right: a plot that received live topsoil inoculum (spread across the plot) and direct seeding.
Incorporating cattle into restoration treatments at a Northern Arizona RestoreNet site
Cattle inside a grazing enclosure at the Bar T Bar Ranch RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona.
Cattle inside a grazing enclosure at the Bar T Bar Ranch RestoreNet site in Northern Arizona.
MSL image of the Martian Surface on sol 4158
This image was taken of the Martian surface by the NASA MSL rover on sol 4158, showing an assortment of clasts.
This image was taken of the Martian surface by the NASA MSL rover on sol 4158, showing an assortment of clasts.
Bike-produced seedballs before field implementation
Seedballs produced by a seedball bike drying before field implementation. The seedball bike was constructed at USGS with help from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University for RestoreNet restoration experiments.
Seedballs produced by a seedball bike drying before field implementation. The seedball bike was constructed at USGS with help from the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University for RestoreNet restoration experiments.
Videos
USGS Sediment Core Laboratory
USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab.
USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab.
USGS Sediment Core Laboratory (AD)
USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab.
USGS scientists collect core samples from estuaries, lakes, coasts, and marine environments to study a range of physical and chemical properties preserved in sediment or coral over time. They process and analyze these core samples at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Sediment Core Lab.
Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay
Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay on August 9, 2022. Video was taken with an ioLight 1mm microscope.
Heterosigma akashiwo collected from Seaplane Lagoon in San Francisco Bay on August 9, 2022. Video was taken with an ioLight 1mm microscope.
Image of the Week: Tulare Basin Refills
A winter of heavy rain causes flooding in California's Tulare Basin, threatening cropland. The basin was once the site of a large lake that appeared naturally every winter as rainfall and snowmelt from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range flowed down and filled the basin. It was even known as the largest lake west of the Mississippi River.
A winter of heavy rain causes flooding in California's Tulare Basin, threatening cropland. The basin was once the site of a large lake that appeared naturally every winter as rainfall and snowmelt from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountain range flowed down and filled the basin. It was even known as the largest lake west of the Mississippi River.
Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf (AD)
Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Free Ascent Tripod Test on the Santa Cruz Wharf
Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Staff from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Marine Facility engineered a Free Ascent Tripod (FAT) for deployment in deep-sea environments along the Cascadia Subduction Zone.