Field Research and Conservation

Depictions of researchers engaging with nature, studying wildlife and plants, emphasizing environmental science and conservation efforts in diverse habitats.

Man using map, compass andGPSto navigate while hiking
Man using map, compass andGPSto navigate while hiking
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Ethiopia, South Western Ethiopia, Omo Valley, Southern Mursiland, Archeology work; Dirikoro
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Dr. Robert Weems, emeritus paleontologist for the USGS verifies the recently discovered dinosaur track found on the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center campus. This imprint shows the right rear foot of a nodosaur - a low-slung, spiny leaf-eater - apparently moving in haste as the heel did not fully settle in the cretaceous mud, according to dinosaur tracker Ray Stanford. It was found recently on NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center campus and is being preserved for study. To read more about this discovery go to a href= http //1.usa.gov/P9NYg7 rel= nofollow 1.usa.gov/P9NYg7 /a
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bill Kroeger, an aquatic technician for the Bionetics Corporation, examines an oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), like those that are part of the Neurolab payload on Space Shuttle Mission STS-90, in its holding tank in the Space Station Processing Facility. Each fish is between eight and 14 inches long. Toadfish live in an estuarine environment and are native to areas along the Northeast coast of the United States. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. This fish is an excellent model for looking at vestibular function because the architecture of its inner and middle ear are similar to those of mammals with respect to the vestibular apparatus. The crew of STS-90, slated for launch April 16 at 2:19 p.m. EDT, includes Commander Richard Searfoss, Pilot Scott Altman, Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., and Kathryn (Kay) Hire, and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D
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SWL Archaeologist, Allen Wilson digs holes in a grid pattern during a Phase 1 Survey.
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Brown Gardener's (Amblyornis inornatus) bower examined by locals, Arfak Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia
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No slide or print available. Descriptive Note: Steve Krentz releasing pallid sturgeon after sampling in the Yellowstone River in North Dakota Photo Taken: May 1995 ELECTRONIC IMAGE ONLY. Subjects: Fishes; Fisheries management; North Dakota; Electronic. . 1998 - 2011.
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Expedition 64 Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos waters a tree bearing his name as part of traditional pre-launch activities, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, and Kate Rubins of NASA are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft on October 14.
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Scientists from NASA's Mars 2020 and ESA's ExoMars projects study stromatolites, the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth, in the Pilbara region of North West Australia. The image was taken on Aug. 19, 2019.
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Clipping Marantaceae vegetation for gorilla trekking, Lowland gorilla habitat, Odzala, Kokoua National Park, Congo (MR)
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Soil science (edaphology), taking soil specimens in field. Packages contain samples of sandy soil from Northern forests. In background you can see girl soil scientist makes scientific notes
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Counting eggs of sockeye salmon after spawning Canada
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Park Ranger shows 3,000 year old petroglyph, Iwokrama National Park, Guyana, South America
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Geology fieldwork on Mount Baker. Mapping the subsurface of Picture Lake Moraine, in Heather Meadows area, with Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) GSSI SIR-3000. geologists: Deborah Fredback and Erik Budsberg. MR.
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Explorations into lava tubes in the Grand Brûlé. Lava tubes are a type of lava cave formed when a stream of low viscosity wash active continuously develops a hard crust, which is thick and forms a roof over the lava stream still flows freely. The tubes are formed in one of two ways: by crusting of lava channels and lava flows Pahoehoe where it moves beneath the surface. Lava usually leaves the point of eruption in channels. These channels are often very hot as their surroundings cool.
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Ice Crawler (Galloisiana nipponensis) biologist, Ishii Katsuhiko, collecting specimens, Japan
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Observation of an annular eclipse of the Sun Kenya
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An SUV-sized Asteroid 2008TC# Impacts on October 7, 2008 in the Nubian Desert, Northern Sudan Dr. Peter Jenniskens, NASA/SETI joined Muawia Shaddas of the University of Khartoum in leading an expedition on a search for samples. (find)
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Caretta caretta. Creator: MacKenzie, Tom 404-679-7291. Descriptive Note: satellite tagging sea turtle recovery beach NOAA Caribbean Conservation Corporation http://southeast.fws.gov/news/1999/r99-084.html University of Central Florida Karen Frutchey Sandy MacPherson, national sea turtle coordinator for the U.S. Fish a. Subjects: Turtles; Loggerhead Sea Turtles; Loggerhead sea turtle satellite tracking. . 1998 - 2011.
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Testing water for arsenic, Bangladesh, Asia
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Mature farmer looking through refractometer on sunny day
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Man presenting giant mushroom Termitomyces titanicus, largest agaric, edible mushroom, Kasanka National Park, Serenje District, Zambia, Africa
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Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission traveled to the Australian Outback to hone their research techniques before their missions launch to the Red Planet in the summer of 2020. The trip was designed to help them better understand how to search for signs of ancient life on Mars.
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Old decayed bones of an animal that died in Grand Canyon National Park Arizona.
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A team of scientists, Canada.
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Olig Shumakov and Sergei Ryabov surrounded by insects bought for Russian museum, Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam
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Surveying depth of silt at MDC area , Rivers, Surveying, Surveyors. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Leatherback Turtle
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jsc2018e060239 (06/19/2018) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Jonny Kim during earth and planetary science training in Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Upper Gorge Area near Questa, N.M.
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Spaceward Bound event in the Mojave Deser , CA (an outreach exercise) with Dr Chris McKay and Ames Education department personnel Brian Day, Barbara Bazar and a accompaning (learning for the the classroom) team of teachers will be studying side-by-side with NASA scientists who search for life in extreme environments, closely approximating what they expect to find on other planets. Why the Mojave -- an inhospitable, sun-drenched spot in the California Desert This natural setting presents scientists with opportunities to study environments that are analogous to what explorers will find on the Moon and Mars. Teachers and scientists will perform scientific fieldwork in lunar geology, Mars astrobiology, Mars geology, and issues of temperature and solar inundation and radiation. for additional information and Outreach projects see http //quest.arc.nasa.gov/
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Bonobo (Pan paniscus) bone held by man, this bone is passed on through generations with the belief that it will give a newborn strength when bathing with the bone, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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jsc2018e085905 (Oct. 3, 2018) --- Expedition 57 crew member Nick Hague of NASA poses for a picture with the tree that he planted in his name as part of the traditional pre-flight activities for first-time fliers, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on Oct. 11 onboard the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.
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jsc2019e054994(09-16-19) --- 2017 NASA astronaut candidates Kayla Barron (left) and Jessica Watkins (right) examine samples during geology training in Arizona.
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Dr. Willy Bemis Displays Moray Eel
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Tracking big cats with a scientist from the Zambian Carnivore Programme, ZCP, using telemetry equipment at night, Nsefu Sector, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, Africa
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MoonFest From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames Researc Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The day included scientific talks, model rocket launches on the flight line, musical performances, family-friendly activities and more.
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The arnual conference for the Educator Resource Center Network (ERCN) Coordinators was held at Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The conference included participants from NASA's Educator Resource Centers located throughout the country. The Microgravity Science Division at Glenn sponsored a Microgravity Day for all the conference participants. This image is from a digital still camera; higher resolution is not available.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Research team members work with acoustic cable during underwater acoustic research being conducted in the Launch Complex 39 turn basin. Several government agencies, including NASA, NOAA, the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission are involved in the testing. The research involves demonstrations of passive and active sensor technologies, with applications in fields ranging from marine biological research to homeland security. The work is also serving as a pilot project to assess the cooperation between the agencies involved. Equipment under development includes a passive acoustic monitor developed by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and mobile robotic sensors from the Navys Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit.
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STS-89 Mission Specialist Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., prepares to drive an M-113 armored personnel carrier as part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space Shuttle flight to provide crews with an opportunity to participate in simulated countdown activities. The STS-89 mission will be the eighth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. After docking, Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., will transfer to the space station, succeeding David Wolf, M.D., who will return to Earth aboard Endeavour. Dr. Thomas will live and work on Mir until June. STS-89 is scheduled for a Jan. 22 liftoff at 9:48 p.m
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Ichthyological field studies Ichthyological field studies. Fish and device in old table. Weighing, measuring, scaling, taking tissue samples from river fish, study populations and pollution. Grayling Th. thymallus. Scandinavia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximilianxBuzunx 14067277
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Archaeologist Bill Thompson with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who works in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) looks over artifacts found during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.
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Archaeologist Bill Thompson with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who works in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) looks over artifacts found during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.
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Workers analyzing rock specimen
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Rainman shantilal meckoni putting silver iodide as experiment for artificial rainfall India NO MR Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox
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Ecuador, Galapagos. Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora. Charles Darwin Research Station.