http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif http://gallery.usgs.gov/ http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_0 USGS technician Jenny White checks instruments on the research vessel Pelican during a cruise that imaged the Gulf of Mexico seafloor in areas with abundant gas hydrates in April and May 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_1 The USGS's Tom O'Brien, Patrick Hart (who is a co-chief scientist for the cruise) and Jenny White adjust seismic streamers and prepare to collect data on gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico aboard the research vessel Pelican in April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_2 USGS technician Jenny White and co-chief scientist Patrick Hart on the fantail of the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_3 USGS technicians Tom O'Brien, Eric Moore, and Wayne Baldwin deploy the seismic streamer aboard the research vessel Pelican to collect data on gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_4 USGS technicians Jenny White and Tom O'Brien prepare lead weight to be added for proper ballasting of the seismic streamer on the fantail of the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_5 USGS technicians Eric Moore, Wayne Baldwin, and Tom O'Brien ready the 72-channel digital streamer for deployment on the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_6 USGS technicians Eric Moore and Jenny White deploy instruments at the start of a seismic survey to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_7 USGS technician Jenny White prepares equipment for deployment on the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_8 USGS technician Pete Dal Ferro prepares a generator-injector seismic source aboard the research ship Pelican during a cruise to study gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in April and May 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_9 USGS co-chief scientist Seth Haines and technician Tom O’Brien work on data acquisition and analysis in the laboratory of the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_10 USGS technicians Ray Sliter, Pete Dal Ferro, and Tom O'Brien retrieve the 72-channel digital seismic streamer on the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_11 USGS technician Jenny White and Ray Sliter check instruments on the fantail of the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_12 USGS technician Pete Dal Ferro watches as the generator injector guns (silver), the compressor hose (black), and orange buoys are retrieved from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico during a cruise to image gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico from April to May, 2013.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2013_iNEp2TSgf0_05_10_2013_13 Seismic equipment is craned off the research vessel Pelican at the dock in Cocodrie, Louisiana after a 15-day expedition to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_26_2013_q74Xpc0ONj_04_26_2013_0 A view of the badlands terrain with Bakken oil and gas production "pads" in the distance, Billings County, North Dakota. 

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_26_2013_q74Xpc0ONj_04_26_2013_1 A view of the badlands terrain with Bakken oil and gas production "pads" in the distance, Billings County, North Dakota. 

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_26_2013_q74Xpc0ONj_04_26_2013_2 Bakken drilling and completion activities at a well along Interstate-94, 6 miles east of Belfield, North Dakota.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_26_2013_q74Xpc0ONj_04_26_2013_3 Bakken drilling and completion activities at a well along Interstate-94, 6 miles east of Belfield, North Dakota.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_26_2013_q74Xpc0ONj_04_26_2013_4 A drill rig in the Bakken oil field in Stark County, western North Dakota. 

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/04_26_2013_q74Xpc0ONj_04_26_2013_5 A drill rig in the Bakken oil field in Stark County, western North Dakota. 

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_08_2013_gLcn1RQ118_03_08_2013_0 A water impoundment at a natural gas drilling site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania. 

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_08_2013_gLcn1RQ118_03_08_2013_1 A typical drill pad in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_08_2013_gLcn1RQ118_03_08_2013_2 A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_08_2013_gLcn1RQ118_03_08_2013_3 A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_08_2013_gLcn1RQ118_03_08_2013_4 A flare stack to burn excess natural gas at a natural gas drill site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of western Pennsylvania.

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