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Format: Windows Media
Length: Varies (avg. - 1 hour)

NEW! USGS Online Lectures
A selection of USGS online lectures from all disciplines organized by topic. Includes lectures designed for the general public as well as more technical presentations on volcanoes, earthquakes, hydrology, climate change, and much more.

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Format: Windows Media
Length: Varies (avg. - 1 hour)

USGS Public Lecture Series
Archive (2002-present) of monthly public lectures given at the USGS offices in Menlo Park, California. Topics cover all aspects of USGS science and are designed for a non-technical public audience.

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Format: Windows Media
Length: Varies (avg. - 1 hour)

USGS Western Region Colloquium
Archive (2002-present) of monthly seminars given at the USGS offices in Menlo Park, California. Topics cover all aspects of natural science and are selected to appeal to a broad scientific audience.

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Format: WMV, QuickTime
Length: 14 +
Size: 24 - 28 MB

USGS Careers - Not Just Rocks
What can you do when you work for the USGS? This video is a general overview of how USGS scientists do science. This video is targeted to student audiences.

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Format: Flash
Length: < 2 minutes

A Partnership between the USGS and Sacramento State University
Video marking the 10-year partnership between the USGS California Water Science Center and California State University at Sacramento. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

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Format: Flash
Length: 7 minutes

Overview of the USGS Menlo Park Science Center in California
Briefly introduces the San Francisco Bay Area, shows the USGS campus and facilities in Menlo Park, and includes interviews with scientists who describe their work.

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Format: QuickTime, Flash
Length: various
Size: 3.8 (low-res), 28 MB (hi-res)

An Overview of the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center in Wisconsin
Narrated throughout. Contains footage of scientists at work in the office, lab, and field. Many of them describe the kind of work they do in the Great Lakes area and Mississippi River Basin and why it’s important.

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Format: GIF
Length: various
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USGS Astrogeology Movies and Animations Gallery
Time-lapse animation of Jupiter's moon Io in eclipse and a Comet Borrelly animation.

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Format: WMV
Length: various (avg. - 1 hour)
Size: various

USGS Western Ecological Research Center video lectures
A selection of public lectures made at the USGS in Menlo Park, California, and at the University of California/San Diego, on biology-related topics. These lectures are designed for a non-technical public audience.

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Format: WMV, QuickTime
Length: various (avg. - 1 hour)
Size: various

Precipice of Survival: The Southern Sea Otter Video
Documentary film made in 2004 that traces the history of California’s sea otters from the onset of the Pacific maritime fur trade to the present. Focuses on the broad collaborative research effort to better understand these charismatic creatures.

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Format: WMV
Length: 28 minutes

Sonoran Desert: Fragile Land of Extremes
Documentary film made in 2003 showing how USGS biologists work with other scientists in an effort to better understand native plants and animals such as desert tortoises, saguaro cacti, and Gila monsters. Much of the program was filmed in and around Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona.

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Format: Quicktime, Flash
Length: 7 minutes
Size: 10 MB

Status of Grizzly Bears in Northwest Montana
Video footage of grizzly bears in the wild taken by a remote camera and combined with audio from an interview with the research biologist in charge of the grizzly bear study. Click here for more grizzly bear videos and information about the research project.

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Format: WMV, Flash
Length: 5+ minutes
Size: 5.6 MB

Wolf - Bear Interaction in Glacier National Park
Fascinating video footage of a grizzly bear with two cubs interacting with a lone wolf in Glacier National Park. Taken by remote, motion-triggered video camera.

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Format: Flash, WMV
Length: < 3 minutes
Size: varies

Remote Camera Wildlife in Montana
Video footage of black bears, grizzly bears, wolves, elk, a wolverine, and other wildlife at bear rubs, baited hair traps, and other locations in northwest montana. All films were taken by remote, motion-triggered cameras. Scroll down the page for video thumbnails.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute

Bird Identification
Extensive list of North American birds with identification information. Some include video or bird call. Those with video include the black vulture, snow goose, Canada goose, brant, wood duck, American black duck, and mallard.

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Format: Real
Length: various
Size: various

Wildlife
Short videos of animals in the wild, including mountain lions, long-tailed weasels, and mountain beavers.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 2 minutes

Sea Squirts Videos
Color videos of sea squirt (Didemnum) colonies in New England and New Zealand. No audio.

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Format: MPG, Flash
Length: 5 minutes
Size: 1.6 MB - 12 MB

Agricultural Influences on Movement and Habitat Selection by Northern Leopard Frogs
Short film describing a study of how farm ponds are used by the northern leopard frog. Includes audio. This is a brief but excellent, brief example of how a field study is structured and carried out.

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Format: Real
Length: < 3 minutes
Size: < .5 MB

Whooping Cranes
Whooping crane videos from USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Assorted videos cover nesting, feeding, dancing, training with an ultralight, and more. Listen to a whooping crane!

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Format: QuickTime, Flash
Length: 6 minutes
Size: 1 - 28 MB

Paddlefish Project
Film providing a comprehensive overview of the Paddlefish Project. Includes interviews with project scientists. Narrated throughout.

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Format: Real
Length: 6+ minutes
Size: 51 - 66 MB

Sea Ducks
Includes information on tracking sea ducks using satellite telemetry, the food habits of sea ducks, and the formation of a captive sea duck colony at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Comes in three chapters. Narrated throughout.

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Format: AVI
Length: 1+ minute
Size: 200 MB

Alligator and Amphibian Research in the Florida Everglades
Three videos showing the capture and handling of an alligator. Audio but no narration.

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Format: AVI
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 8 MB

Wildlife Veterinary Medicine
Videos from a USGS wildlife veterinarian showing work with polar bears, implanting satellite transmitters with percutaneous antennas into birds, and liver biopsies in harlequin ducks. These are very large files. "19SEC" and "20SEC" are virtually identical (and impressive) videos showing work with walruses.

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Format: WMV
Length: 3+ minutes

Envirovet Networking Webumentary
Brief film featuring Leslie Dierauf, director of the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, as she talks about wildlife veterinary medicine, the work performed at the Center, and why it's important. This is not a USGS-produced film.

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Format: WMV
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 300 K

Seasonal Distribution of Bats
Animation showing the seasonal distribution of hoary bats, silver-haired bats, and red bats in the conterminous U.S.

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Format: GIF
Length: continuous

Walrus-tagging Surveys
Animations for spring walrus tagging locations in Alaska, 2004-present.

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Length: various

Tracking Animal Movement with Radio-Telemetry in Alaska
Animations that track polar bears, loons, salmon, brant geese, long-tailed ducks, and common eider.

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Format: Flash
Length: < 2 minutes

Loon Migration in the North Central and Northeastern U.S.
Animations that track common loons as they migrate in the central and northeastern U.S.

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Format: GIF
Length: continuous

Climate-induced Glacier Change in Glacier National Park
Shows glacier change in the Blackfoot-Jackson Basin of Glacier National Park from 1850 to 2100.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: 8 minutes

The Effects of Globally Transported African and Asian Dust on Coral Reef and Human Health
Mini-documentary movie. Scientists explain the importance of coral reefs, the deterioration of Caribbean coral health, and the implications of trans-Atlantic dust transport.

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Format: QuickTime, Flash
Length: 8 minutes
Size: 19-86 MB

Tribal Canoe Journey for Troubled Sea: Part 1
The USGS and the Coast Salish Tribal Nation partnered during the 2008 annual Tribal Canoe Journey to study and help improve resources of the Salish Sea between Washington state and British Columbia. This first episode in the Tribal Journey series examines the new partnership between the USGS and Coast Salish people.

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Format: QuickTime, Flash
Length: 7 minutes
Size: 43-153 MB

Tribal Canoe Journey for Troubled Sea: Part 2
The USGS and the Coast Salish Tribal Nation partnered during the 2008 annual Tribal Canoe Journey to study and help improve resources of the Salish Sea between Washington state and British Columbia. This second and final episode in the Tribal Journey gives an overview of the journey, including a look at preliminary water quality results.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: 2+ minutes
Size: 2 - 17 MB

Sea-Floor off Massachusetts Coast
Video of the sea floor in the South Essex Ocean Sanctuary of Massachusetts.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: 6 minutes
Size: 6 - 35 MB

Fishes of Isla del Cocos, Costa Rica
Mini-documentary movie. No narration, but labels identify each species.

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Format: AVI
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 1 MB

Sea-Level Rise
Time-lapse animations showing maps of sea-level uprising at locations around the globe and the population numbers that could be impacted.

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Format: various
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Woods Hole Science Center Animations and Movies
Over a dozen animations and movies covering bathymetry, Didemnum colonies, and divers collecting ocean-bottom cores. Some have narration; others have sound but no narration.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 25 MB

South Moloka'i Reef Tract
Three brief underwater videos showing the coral reefs of the island of Moloka’i in Hawaii. No audio.

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Format: GIF
Length: 1 minute

Hydraulic Mining Debris in San Francisco Bay, 1887-1998
Animations of hydraulic mining debris deposition and subsequent erosion in San Francisco Bay. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the links.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 16 - 25 MB

Fly-By Movies from Selected Seafloor Studies
Animated fly-by movies of the bathymetry at Lake Tahoe, Crater Lake, Gulf of Mexico, and the Los Angeles margin.

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Format: AVI
Length: 3 minutes
Size: 54 MB

Louisiana Coastal Land Loss
Narrated animations of past and predicted wetland loss from 1932 to 2050 on the Louisiana coast.

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Format: MPG
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 11 - 17 MB

Hidden Sand Dunes in San Francisco Bay
Fly-by animations of the sea floor near the mouth of San Francisco Bay showing giant sand waves and other bed forms.

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Format: WMV
Length: 1 hour
Size: 100 MB

USGS Earthquake Hazards Team Seminar Series
Archive (2000-present) of lectures given at the USGS offices in Menlo Park, California on a variety of earthquake-related topics. Most of these lectures are designed for a technical, scientific audience. Click on blue video icon at the right side of the page.

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Format: Flash
Length: 46 minutes

Shock Waves: One Hundred Years after the 1906 Earthquke
This 2006 USGS film (nominated for an Emmy award) shows the century of progress that science and engineering have made since the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Includes dramatic historical footage, reenactments, colorful animations, and interviews with earthquake experts.

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Format: WMV
Length: 22 minutes

When the Bay Area Quakes
Film made in 1990 documenting the science and social implications of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that created heavy damage throughout the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

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Format: MPG or WMV
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 3.8 (low-res), 15 MB (hi-res)

Parkfield Earthquake Video
Video of magnitude 6.2 earthquake at Parkfield, California, on September 28, 2004.

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Format: Flash
Length: < 1 minute

Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts
Animations illustrating 16 different earthquake terms and concepts. A 680 KB zip file of all animations can be downloaded.

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Format: GIF
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 100 k

Recent World Earthquakes Map
Shows global earthquake locations for the last seven days.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: 1+ minute
Size: 3.8 (low-res), 15 MB (hi-res)

1906 San Francisco Earthquake Ground Motion Simulations
Earthquake models that recreate ground motion during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (M7.8) and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (M6.9). Files are available in low resolution (3.7 megabytes) or high resolution (15 megabytes).

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Format: QuickTime
Length: 1+ minute
Size: 4 MB (low-res), 10 MB (hi-res), 30 MB (hi-def)

Hayward Fault Ground Motion Simulations
Computer simulations of ground motion during large, anticipated earthquakes on the Hayward and Rodgers Creek faults on the east side of San Francisco Bay. Files are available in low, high, and high definition resolutions.

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Format: GIF
Length: various
Size: various

Animations to Explain Seismicity in Southern California
Animations developed to study and explain the evolution of seismicity (both small and large shocks) in Southern California from the Coulomb stress changes.

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Format: GIF
Length: various
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Recent earthquake maps
Seven-day animations of recent earthquake maps from the USGS Web site. Covers World, USA, California/Nevada, and the Intermountain West.

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Format: GIF, AVI
Length: various
Size: various

High-Quality Earthquake Animations
Animations showing the output from simulations of earthquake ruptures along various types of faults.

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Format: GIF, QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 1 - 5.3 MB

Fault Interactions and Large Complex Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Area: San Jacinto fault
Animations showing the output from simulations of earthquake ruptures used to understand fault interaction among the San Andreas, San Jacinto, and Sierra Madre-Cucamonga fault systems.

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Format: GIF
Length: 1 minute

Alaskan Earthquake Seismic Waves
Animation of global seismic waves generated by the M7.9 earthquake in central Alaska in 2002. Reload page to restart animation.

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Format: various
Length: various
Size: various

The Northern California Earthquake, April 18, 1906
Animations of epicenter, rupture speeds, and shaking and intensity of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Scroll down to "Tour of the Rupture."

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Format: WMV
Length: 1 hour

The Living Rock: the Earth's Continental Crust
This beautiful film is a global tour of geologic processes narrated by many USGS scientists. In addition to the imagery, the movie includes advanced computer-generated animations.

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Format: WMV
Length: 25 minutes

The Southern Appalachians: A Changing World
Film created for educational purposes, describing the Southern Appalachian Mountains and how the geologic events that took place millions of years ago influenced the landscape, climate, soils, and living things that can be seen there today. A teacher's guide can be downloaded at http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/so_app/.

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Format: WMV
Length: 30 minutes

The Future of Energy Gases
Film explains the different types of energy sources our nation has used over its history. Includes the technology, economics, and effects on the environment associated with each source.  Also addresses solar, wind, and nuclear power; and gas hydrates. A fine primer appropriate for all ages.

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Format: Flash
Length: 7 minutes

Gas Hydrate Laboratory
Video of the USGS Gas Hydrate Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. Scientists briefly explain how they use the laboratory to study gas hydrate and the importance of their work. Includes footage of frozen gas hydrate burning and dissociating into water plus gas. Gas hydrate occurs naturally in ocean sediments.

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Format: Flash
Length: 7 minutes

Experimental Rock-Water Interaction Laboratory
Video of the USGS Experimental Rock-Water Interaction Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. Scientists demonstrate how they use the laboratory to study reactions between rocks and fluids. The results help model oceanic processes and the sub-surface storage of excess carbon dioxide (CO2).

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Format: MPG
Length: various

Geology of Hydrocarbons
Over two dozen animations originally created for USGS videos.

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Format: MPG
Length: various

Miscellaneous Animations
A list of miscellaneous animations that were created for USGS videos. Includes rotating globe showing visible night-time lights, an illustration of the greenhouse effect, and the creation of an oil deposit.

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Format: WMV
Length: 3+ minutes
Size: 20 MB

Antarctic 2007 3D fly-through of McMurdo Station
This animation flies over Cape Roberts, onto the Ross Ice Shelf, and across Ross Island where McMurdo Station is located. For more information go to http://lima.usgs.gov/browse.php.

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Format: WMV
Length: 3+ minutes
Size: 20 MB

Antarctic 3D fly-through of the Dry Valley Area
This animation starts above the Washington Monument then moves to Antarctica where it zooms in on Wright and Taylor Dry Valleys and Ross Island. For more information go to http://lima.usgs.gov/browse.php.

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Format: WMV
Length: 25 - 65 minutes

Secrets in Stone
Film chronicling the scientific discoveries in the early 1960s that led to acceptance of the plate tectonics theory. Produced in 1996, this film traces the history of the hypothesis of continental drift, its early dismissal by experts, and the rise in acceptance after geomagnetic polarity reversals were shown to match magnetic anomalies on the sea floor. The film is shown as part of a public lecture at the USGS. The entire lecture is 65 minutes (short intro, then film, then long question/answer). The film itself is 25 minutes.

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Format: Flash, GIF
Length: < 1 minute
Size: various

Magnetic Field Changes Over Time
Animations showing global change in declination, inclination, and other magnetic characteristics from 1590 to 1990.

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Format: MP4
Length: 1 hour
Size: 482 MB

Riding the Storm: Landslide Danger in the San Francisco Bay Area
Film produced in 2006 about landslide science and landslide hazards in the San Francisco Bay Area. Focus is on a catastrophic 1982 rainstorm that triggered 18,000 landslides. An 11-minute "trailer" of the film in AVI or MP4 format is also available.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 1.1 MB

La Conchita Landslide
Video of the La Conchita, California, slope failure of 2005.
NOTE: This video is copyrighted. It can be shown in the classroom if you are connected directly to the Internet, but it cannot be downloaded or copied without permission.

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Format: Flash
Length: 2+ minutes

Debris Flow in Devore, California
Video of a dramatic 2003 debris flow near San Bernardino in southern California. This video was made by a private citizen who made it freely available to the USGS for public use. Scroll down the page to view.

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Format: GIF, MPG
Length: < 1 minute
Size: various

Fly-Bys and Animations of Landslides
Fly-bys and computer simulations of landslides in the San Francisco Bay area and the Sierra Nevada.

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Format: GIF, MPG
Length: various
Size: various

Plate Tectonics
Short, looping animations that illustrate various concepts of tectonic plate movement.

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Format: HTML
Length: continuous

Animated Globe Showing Plate Boundaries
Rotating globe showing current tectonic plate boundaries.

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Format: AVI, QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 51 - 55 MB

Juan de Fuca Slab
Animation showing the Juan de Fuca slab and related earthquakes beneath southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California (click on "4 DATA folder").

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Format: WMV
Length: 1+ hour

December 2004 Tsunami Disaster: Reports from Field Teams in Sumatra and Sri Lanka
USGS lecture presented to a scientific audience in February, 2005 describing initial findings of international tsunami-survey teams in Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

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Format: WMV
Length: 1+ hour

Tsunamis: Lessons and Questions from the Indian Ocean Disaster
USGS public lecture given in June, 2005 covering the Indian Ocean tsunami and the implications for tsunamis on the west coast of the United States.

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Format: QuickTime, GIF
Length: < 1 minute
Size: various

Tsunami Animations
Animations from the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, and the Papua, New Guinea, tsunami of 1998. Also, hypothetical animations of tsunamis along Pacific Northwest coast.

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Format: WMV
Length: 6 seconds

Urban Growth
Animations for urban growth in the Baltimore-Washington area (1792-1992) and the San Francisco Bay area (1800-1900).

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Format: GIF
Length: 6 seconds
Size: 433 k

Urban Growth in California's Central Valley
Animation showing population growth in the Central Valley from 1900 to 1996.

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Format: HTML
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 6 MB

Cropland by County Since 1850 and Population Since 1790
A time series data set of cropland and population proportions at the county level.

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Format: GIF
Length: 9 seconds

Population Growth in the Southwestern United States, 1900 to 1990
Looping animated maps of total population and population density by county for the southwestern United States, by decade for the period 1900 to 1990.

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Format: WMV
Length: 1 hour

USGS Volcano Hazards Team Seminar Series
Archive (2006 to present) of lectures given at the USGS offices in Menlo Park, California, on a variety of volcano-related topics. These lectures are designed for a technical, scientific audience. Videos are currently available only for a few seminars in 2006.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 2 minutes
Size: 6-10 MB

Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii) Lava Fountaining near Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater: July 2008
Two brief videos showing fountaining and vent spattering at locations near Pu`u `Ō `ō Crater. Includes footage made with a thermal camera. Scroll down to July 7 and July 10, 2008.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: 10 - 120 seconds
Size: various

Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii) Time Lapse Movies: 2005 – 2007
Very interesting time lapse movies of eruption features at Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii. Images were taken in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

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Format: QuickTime, AVI
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 1 - 3 MB

Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii) Eruptions – May 29, 2003
Short movies of eruptions at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano in May 2003. These are fine examples of non-explosive volcanic eruptions.

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Format: AVI, QuickTime
Length: 10-16 seconds
Size: 1-2 MB

Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii) Eruptions, July 21, 2002
Videos of eruptive activity at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on July 21, 2002. Scroll down to "31 July 2002."

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Format: WMV
Length: 28 minutes

The Eruption of Kilauea 1959-1960
Beautifully restored award-winning USGS film documenting the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii in 1959 and 1960. Includes spectacular footage of the highest lava fountains ever recorded and of the formation of Kilauea Iki lava lake. Narrated throughout.

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Format: WMV
Length: 66 minutes

Early Hawaiian Volcano Footage
Films of Mauna Loa volcano and Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting in the 1930s and 1940s. Includes the second black and white film ever produced of an erupting volcano and the earliest color film of an erupting volcano. Comes in five "chapters." Significant footage of flowing lava.

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Format: WMV, AVI, GIF
Length: < 1 minute
Size: various

Mount St. Helens
A list of movies and animations created from photography at Mount St. Helens in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

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Format: MP4
Length: 13+ minutes
Size: 134MB - 561MB

Mount St. Helens 2004-2006, Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth
Each mp4 is a compilation of "chapters" of various lengths showing films of Mount St. Helens taken from a helicopter; films taken from inside the crater; films of equipment installation, maintenance, and removal; and more. Some films have companion 49MB "trailers" that are 5 minutes long.

Steam and Ash Emissions and Dome Growth, October 1, 5, 11, and 27, 2004
Dome and Surrounding Area of Deformation, November 20, 2004
Instumentation and Continuing Dome Growth II, November 20, 29, and December 16, 2004
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth IV, January 25, 2005
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth V, February 1 - March 15, 2005
Eruption of Mount St. Helens, September 2004 - May 2005
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth VI, April 6 - July 27, 2005
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth VII, October 1, 2004 - September 14, 2005
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth VIII, September 21 - February 16, 2006
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth IX
Instrumentation and Continuing Dome Growth X, September 28, 2006

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Format: MP4
Length: 28 minutes
Size: 20 - 298 MB

Taming of a Wild Research Well in Yellowstone National Park during November 1992
In 1992, valve failure caused an uncontrolled eruption of steam and hot water in a USGS research well just 2 miles north of Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park. This video shows how a drilling contractor plugged the well and includes a short news story by CNN. A 9-minute trailer is also available.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 1 - 1.5 MB

Eruptions at Tavurur Volcano, Papua New Guinea
Two movies showing small eruptions at a Papua, New Guinea, volcano in 1994.

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Format: GIF
Length: continuous

Dynamic Map of United States Volcanoes
Dynamic map of volcanoes in the United States that includes animated fly-bys of the volcanoes in the lower 48 states and Hawaii.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute

Volcano Eruption
Black and white animation of an explosive volcanic eruption.

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Format: WMV
Length: 1 hour

USGS Water Resources Seminar Series
Archive (2003 to present) of lectures given at the USGS offices in Menlo Park, California, on a variety of water-related topics. Most of these lectures are designed for a technical, scientific audience.

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Format: WMV
Length: 1 hour

Delta Revival: Restoring a California Ecosystem
Award-winning 2003 film showing scientists from many disciplines working together to guide the unprecedented restoration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta east of San Francisco Bay. View the movie as part of a filmed public lecture: introduction, then 22 minute movie, montage of scientists at work, followed by question and answer session.

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Format: WMV
Length: 30 minutes

1923 Grand Canyon Expedition
A silent film compiled from footage shot during the 1923 USGS expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. This is the earliest USGS film and one of the first black and white films distributed nationally. For more on the expedition, visit http://online.wr.usgs.gov/outreach/grandcanyon/index.html 

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Format: Quicktime, Flash
Length: 8 minutes
Size: 18-81 MB

Glen Canyon Dam High Flow Experiment
USGS experts give preliminary observations on what took place during the high flow experiment on the Colorado River in March, 2008. Includes links to time-lapse videos.

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Format: MPG, Flash
Length: < 1 minute

Mississiippi River Flooding in Wisconsin, 2001
Several short videos of the Mississippi River flood in Wisconsin in April, 2001. No narration.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute

Core Sampling in the Everglades
Video clip showing a USGS scientist collecting sediment cores in the Everglades. No audio.

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Format: QuickTime, AVI
Length: < 1 minute

North Carolina Water Sampling Activities
Numerous 10 to 30 second video clips showing scientists at work sampling in the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin in North Carolina and Virginia. Water-quality sampling, macroinvertebrate sampling, and more. Includes audio but no narration. Use the links at the bottom of the page for additional videos.

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Format: GIF
Length: 2 minutes

Monthly Streamflow Maps for the U.S.
Animation of monthly streamflow maps for the conterminous U.S., 1921 to 1996.

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Format: GIF
Length: various

Daily Streamflow Maps for the U.S.
Animation of daily streamflow maps for the conterminous U.S. during the current year.

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Format: GIF
Length: < 1 minute

Water Use Trends in the United States, 1950-1990
Three separate animations of water use (surface water and ground water) in the conterminous U.S. for irrigation, public supplies, and total withdrawal. Scroll down to purple maps.

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Format: QuickTime, MPG
Length: < 1 minute

Fly-By Movies of Shaded Relief Bathymetry in Lake Tahoe
Flight over Lake Tahoe, above and below the water.

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Format: QuickTime
Length: < 1 minute
Size: 6.3 MB

Changing Size of the Great Salt Lake in Utah
Time-lapse elevation change movie for the Great Salt Lake in Utah covering 1972 to 1996.

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Format: MPG
Length: 28 minute

Hurricane Force: A Coastal Perspective
1994 film following USGS scientists studying hurricane-impacted coasts while connecting the environmental and economic consequences of these storms. Relates how hurricanes form and progress and includes a detailed account of the impacts of Hurricanes Andrew (Louisiana, 1992), Hugo (Puerto Rico, 1989), and Iniki (Kauai, Hawaii, 1992). Downloads in 12 segments. Average length: 3 minutes; average size: 25 megabytes.

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Format: WMV
Length: 15 minutes

Exploring Storm Surge
Preparedness movie made in 1995 about the dangers of storm surges that are associated with hurricanes.

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Format: HTML
Length: continuous

San Francisco Bay Wind Patterns
A dynamic and real-time rendering of particle streaklines. The animation describes the flow of the wind at a given time.