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http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Image Gallery Collection for: http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Image derived from 65 Landst scenes to show the Yukon River Basin.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_16_2009_r74Ypd0OOj_11_16_2009_0 <![CDATA[This five volume set of materials, publshed in 1842, features hand-colored plates of the reptiles found in North America early in the history of the nation.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_0 <![CDATA[This 167 year-old hand-colored plate is just one example of the artistry that can be found in this book.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_1 <![CDATA[This 167 year-old hand-colored plate is just one example of the artistry that can be found in this book.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_2 <![CDATA[This 167 year-old hand-colored plate is just one example of the artistry that can be found in this book.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_3 <![CDATA[The USGS Library contains a collection of rare books including those featured in this gallery. The collections housed in Reston, Virginia are closed and are available for use by appointment only.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_4 <![CDATA[This 479 year old volume is stored in a specially-made box that protects it from further damage by exposure to light.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_5 <![CDATA[This 479 year-old volume, in Latin, was written by Plinius Secundus. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_6 <![CDATA[This 398 year old book is tiny but is still a valuable resource to researchers of the earth and natural sciences.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_7 <![CDATA[This 398 year old book is tiny but is still a valuable resource to researchers of the earth and natural sciences.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_13_2009_uyp0Sfe6RM_11_13_2009_8 <![CDATA[Roof moved into the ocean in Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_0 <![CDATA[Only the foundation of a house in Fagasa, American Samoa remains after the tsunami hit on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_1 <![CDATA[Marie Chan Kau, a staff member at American Samoa Community College and a member of the International Tsunami Survey Team, points to the maximum water level reached by the tsunami that struck American Samoa on Sept. 29, 2009. This spot, found in Fagasa, American Samoa, is about about 10 meters above sea level.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_2 <![CDATA[Sediment inundated a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa as a result of a Tsunami that struck the coast on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_3 <![CDATA[Cars damaged by the tsunami in Fagasa, American Samoa. The tsunami hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_4 <![CDATA[USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe standing next to a boat thrown ashore in Pago Pago, American Samoa by the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_5 <![CDATA[The water from the tsunami that hit American Samoa on September 29, 2009 was strong enough to destroy homes and move large objects, such as the boulder pictured here.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_6 <![CDATA[Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) at Alofau, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_8 <![CDATA[Tsunami flow depth (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) indicator at Fagasa, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. Vegetation is brown where it was submerged by the tsunami and green above.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_9 <![CDATA[Car thrown into building in Pago Pago, American Samoa during the tsunami that struck the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_10 <![CDATA[Vasily Titov (left) of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and USGS oceanographer Bruce Jaffe (right) standing next to a tsunami warning sign. Signs like this warn people living on the coast to go to higher ground after an earthquake. ]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_11 <![CDATA[Boat thrown onto fish pond in Maloata, American Samoa following the tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_12 <![CDATA[Aluminum roofs and debris transported behind the village of Tula on the east shore of American Samoa following the Tsunami that hit the island on Sept. 29, 2009. The tsunami runup (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/news/tsu-terms.html) was 16-26 feet in Tula.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_13 <![CDATA[Tsunami sand deposit at Alao, American Samoa following the tsunami on Sept. 29, 2009. Light colored sand deposited during the tsunami overlies darker soil that was there before the tsunami.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/11_09_2009_f30Me65DCx_11_09_2009_15 <![CDATA[Poster created by USGS cartographer Bob Ginn to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the USGS in 1979. The image is based on a photograph of USGS topographer George Stanley Druhot working at Kahekili Leap on the island of Oahu in 1928.]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_19_2009_ei8Ldp5CBv_10_19_2009_0