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Ice Along the Western Antarctic Coastline
22+ hour, 50+ min ago (168+ words) This Landsat 9 image shows ice along a portion of the Antarctic western coast and the Amundsen Sea. This image was acquired on October 24, 2025, immediately after the Landsat 9 spacecraft recovered from a weeklong safehold event. The data used in this image…...
Lone Star Geyser (Yellowstone Monthly Update - April 2026)
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (197+ words) What do Yellowstone National Park and your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate have in common?" LONE STAR!!!!! Lone Star is not just an iconic movie hero of the 1980s (and also next year!). It's an iconic Yellowstone geyser as well!...
March 31, 2026 — Overview of eruptive vents
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (91+ words) USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists completed a helicopter overflight of the K'lauea summit on March 31, 2026, during which they captured this overview photo of the eruptive vents in western Halema'uma'u crater. Both the north and south vents were vigorously degassing at…...
Photo & Video Chronology — March 31, 2026 — Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (22+ words) Photo & Video Chronology " March 31, 2026 " K'lauea summit monitoring overflight'USGS (.gov) Official websites use .gov Secure .gov websites use HTTPS...
Controls on Critical Element Enrichment in Carbonatite-Alkaline Igneous Complexes
5+ day, 52+ min ago (279+ words) The project seeks to determine the processes responsible for critical element enrichment in carbonatites and to enhance our ability to identify and assess economic deposits. This project will work at various scales to meet this objective and will primarily focus…...
las moras fig 1.jpg | U.S. Geological Survey
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (31+ words) las moras fig 1.jpg'USGS (.gov) Official websites use .gov Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Figure 1. Location map showing the study area and property boundary of the Santa Margarita Ranch...
Las Moras b.jpg | U.S. Geological Survey
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (93+ words) Figure 2. Photographs around the Santa Margarita Ranch including, a) USGS scientists investigating vertical-walled crack from degraded earthen berm; b) vibrant desert landscape featuring a "carpet" of golden Mexican Gold Poppies and purple Coulter's Lupine blooming among rocky soil and sparse vegetation; c) incising…...
Volcanism on the other side of the world from the Yellowstone Caldera
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (479+ words) Volcanism on the other side of the world from the Yellowstone Caldera'USGS (.gov) Official websites use .gov Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Volcanism on the other side of the world from the Yellowstone Caldera The location on the other side…...
Kīlauea sample geochemistry 2018-2026 and microscope image of glass bubbles
1+ week, 1+ day ago (94+ words) K'lauea sample geochemistry 2018-2026 and microscope image of glass bubbles'USGS (.gov) Official websites use .gov Secure .gov websites use HTTPS K'lauea sample geochemistry 2018-2026 and microscope image of glass bubbles Left: K'lauea tephra glass magnesium oxide for the ongoing summit fountaining eruption…...
New Kīlauea and Mauna Loa USGS Data Releases
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (263+ words) New K'lauea and Mauna Loa USGS Data Releases'USGS (.gov) Official websites use .gov Secure .gov websites use HTTPS New K'lauea and Mauna Loa USGS Data Releases Here we present a continuation of a long-term dataset collected by the Hawaiian Volcano…...