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Collage of Images: The U.S. Geological Survey Welcomes 2007. Embracing the Science for Our Changing World! North Cascades National Park, Washington. Well-jointed quartz monzonite exposed on the north side of the peak northwest of Pocket Lake, on the west side of Ensawkwatch Creek. Circa 1967. Figure 13, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1359. USGS Water Resources Division scientists using airboat for cross-section measurements on the Toutle River. Photo by Pat Pringle. Cowlitz County, Washington. October 1982. USGS scientists making deformation measurements, north side of Mount St. Helens dome. Geologists and equipment in foreground. Photo by Lyn Topinka. Skamania County, Washington. August 17, 1982. Pages 9091, U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Information Bulletin, v. 16, no.2, March-April 1984. Early Apollo demonstration test (14,15 and 21 March 1968) for NASA with Astrogeology's Tim Hait in suit; shown working with Lunar Staff concept; Gordon Swann at far left; USGS photo P564, F368172c USGS Open-File Report 2005-1190, Figure 053a. Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. Interior of the Carnegie Institution Marine Biological Laboratory. 1913. Wyoming. Group of all the members of the Survey, made while in camp at Red Buttes at the junction of the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers. Alfred F. Hoyte, physicist, operating a single channel analyzer to count the alpha-particle disintegrations in a specimen for radiometric-age determination Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. September 1977 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. Scientist views Puu Kiai fountains. Photo by J.D. Griggs, September 27, 1977. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. September 1977 eruption of Kilauea Volcano. Scientist views Puu Kiai fountains. Photo by J.D. Griggs, September 27, 1977. Mobile Laboratory (MOLAB) or Mobile Geologic Laboratory (MGL) designed for NASA by General Motors in 1965 for NASA as a prototype, extended lunar mission vehicle.

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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. A dense community of saltcedar, arrowweed, and seep willow has become established along the shore on both sides of the Colorado River. The fan on the right is more heavily overgrown by plants than in 1923, except for the formerly stabilized high terrace which now seems to be covered by a sand deposit.
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