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Palila
The critically endangered palila (Loxioides bailleui). ... 
Photographing Rock Fall Triggered by 2011 Virginia Earthquake
USGS geologist Ed Harp photographing a small rock fall from a road cut along the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Roanoke, Virginia. This is part of a study documenting landslides triggered from the 2011 magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia. Green grass beneath the rock fragments indicates that...
Mount St. Helens Postage Stamp
Mount St. Helens and surrounding area recover from the historic May 1980 eruption. Shades of white and gray indicate still-bare slopes that were swept by volcanic flows; light green areas at the top of the photo show regrowth of vegetation in devastated areas; dark green areas at the bottom were ...
Earthscapes Commemorative Stamp Series, U.S. Postal Service
Two images from the Landsat 7 satellite were included in the U.S Post Office series of 15 Earthscapes Forever stamps released Oct. 1, 2012....
Center-pivot irrigation as US Postage Stamp
Garden City, KS, is at the heart of the American breadbasket where farmers grow corn, wheat and sorghum and raise cattle. Instead of relying on the rain, Garden City farmers use low-cost groundwater pumps and a technique called "center-pivot irrigation" to essentially mine for water locked ...
Brown Marsh in Southeast Louisiana
Brown Marsh observed in southeastern Terrebonne Basin, La...
Brown Marsh in Southeast Louisiana
Brown Marsh observed in southeastern Terrebonne Basin, La...
Brown Marsh in Southeast Louisiana
Brown Marsh observed in southeastern Terrebonne Basin, La....
Even Cemeteries Feel the Impact from Hurricane Isaac
English Turn Cemetery in English Turn, La., was in disarray after Hurricane Isaac....
Wrack Field Left Behind from Hurricane Isaac
Wrack deposits on the side of a levee near Golden Meadow, La....
Hurricane Isaac Leaves Flooded Homes in His Wake
Flooding near the community of Braithwaite, La....
Wetland Impacts from Hurricane Isaac
Hurricane Isaac effects in Upper Breton Sound, La., including removed vegetation, wrack deposits and channels created or expanded by Isaac’s surge....
Deforested Slope, Cayaguas Watershed
An example of a deforested slope in the Cayaguas watershed, eastern Puerto Rico. Such areas are more susceptible to landslides. ...
Needles District of Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park in Utah has numerous cayons and buttes carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries. This picture was taken in the Needles District of the park....
Rainbow in Canyonlands National Park
A rainbow over the rock spies in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park in Utah....
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