Desolate Test Sites

Images of arid landscapes and facilities at nuclear test sites, conveying themes of government projects and environmental monitoring in remote areas.

West Texas, Texas, USA

Madrid. July 14, 2014. Land in Alcorcon where the largest Ikea in Europe will be built. Photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

An empty road sign on top of a hill, Empty road sign, blank road signs

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) , Environmental Protection Agency

A840922 SAFEGUARD ABLE SITE JAMES WALTHER (Project Engineer) JUL 19 84 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/19/1984 ABLE; ABLE SITE; AREA 27 SAFEGUARD; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES; EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES (SNL); EQUIPMENT (SNL); FACILITIES (SNL); FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; SAFEGUARDS; SANDIA FACILITIES; SECURITY; SECURITY MEASURES; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-ABLE SITE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

Round Mountain, Nevada, A sign warns of a buried fiber optic cable in the Nevada desert.

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

USA, Montana, Great Plains, Choteau, local folks and pickup truck Choteau PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

USA, Montana, Great Plains, Choteau, local folks and pickup truck Choteau PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxFRA

A821165 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 27 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/27/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES (BARRIERS); HILLS; MALE; MAN; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); SAFEGUARDS; SMOKE; TELEPHONE POLES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Protecting barrier: The border wall from Jacumba Hot Springs ensures the US-Mexico border protective barrier: The border wall of Jacumba Hot Springs ensures the US-Mexico border

Agriculture Aerials

USA, California. California Drought Expedition 4, San Joaquin River Basin, Los Banos, San Luis Reservoir (at 51% capacity) boat ramp

At the King County Cedar Hills Regional Landfill facility, Methane gas generated by decomposing garbage is collected by a landfill gas extraction system and in the Bio Energy Washington (BEW) gas-to-energy plant converted into pipeline-quality biogas, for the needs of over 17,500 homes in King County, Washington, United States.

A bottle with a message inside washes ashore. Melbourne Australia.

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

USA, Oklahoma, Picher, Chat pile, the toxic by-product of underground mining for lead

A danger sign warns travelers of land mines along a lonely stretch of road between El-Aaiun (Laayoune), Western Sahara, and Guelta Zemmur, Western Sahara.

USA, California, Blythe, leaving, environmental, ruin, leaving

RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (2007), directed by RUSSELL MULCAHY. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

A92209 SKID-16 AREA 2 OLD DRAIN PIT D. WILSON (Project Engineer) FEB 5 92 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/2/1992 AREA 2; DRAIN PITS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, WASTE WATER; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FACILITIES; FACILITIES (SNL); FENCES; LLNL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; OLD DRAIN PIT; PITS; PITS (NUCLEAR WEAPONS); SKID-16; SKID-16 AREA 2 OLD DRAIN PIT; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SKID-16 AREA 2-OLD DRAIN PIT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Drought parched ranchland in Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA.

Climate change in Egypt.

Climate change

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to western Colorado for tours; for inspections of oil and gas development projects and surrounding environments; and for discussions with Colorado field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

illegal wildlife trade

Burseya hill in Azez Syria. Burseya hill in Azez Syria. Shattered and burnt cars in the Syrian civil war.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

Rubbish dumped in Parque Natural do Duoro Portugal

A windmill in the Nebraska Sand Hills, a prairie region that sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer, Merriman, Nebraska, USA, North America

No swimming sign posted in the desert

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

A sign on the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge informing visitors of the Hart Mine Marsh Wetland Restoration Project. Subjects: Wetland restoration; Wetlands; Wildlife refuges. Location: Arizona; California. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: CIBOLA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Row of garbage and recycling containers in desert

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

in australia the concept of remote in the outback with asphalt line and water tank

fire, burning, bird, environment

A851291 SAFEGUARD ABLE SITE SALAZAR (Project Engineer) AUG 29 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/29/1985 ABLE; ABLE SITE; ABLE SITE CONSTRUCTION; AREA 27 SAFEGUARD; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES (SNL); EQUIPMENT (SNL); FACILITIES (SNL); FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; SAFEGUARDS; SANDIA FACILITIES; SECURITY; SECURITY MEASURES; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-ABLE SITE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Rural Windmill on the Prairie

Propane bird scares are used on tailings ponds to prevent birds from landing on the water.

Beautiful meadow with a blank cartel for advertising

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Cochiti, New Mexico, Feb. 11, 2014 Recent severe flooding undermined this highway bridge along the Arroyo washbasin. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made federal disaster aid available to the State of New Mexico to supplement state, local and tribal recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding during the period of July 23-28, 2013. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA. Santa Clara Pueblo Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Major Projects. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

An aerial view of the erosion taking place on the mountain where the tracking station is located. Base: Laguna Peak State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Old rusty can abandoned on nature. Environmental pollution global ecological problem. Earth ecology concept.. Old rusty can abandoned on nature. Ecology

Alicante 09/26/2013 San Diego reservoir in Villena photo Juan Carlos Soler Archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Pascua Lama mine, Chile. A worker stands on the crest of the Andes where the controversial mine will be built.

Panel prevention against rattlesnakes and traces of bullet

Mobile Home Park In Wenatchee In Eastern Washington State, Viewed From The Amtrak Empire Builder, Usa, Empire_Builder-391 Note: Not Property Released; Editorial Use Only

Women planting trees in a donga, a dry gully formed by running water, to help bind the soil, Lesotho, Africa

Pine Island, FL, USA--10/24/2022--A collection site for debris from Hurricane Ian has been set up on Pine Island. The site is where certified contractors are placing debris.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Agricultural pollution of plastics used to protect irrigated crops abandoned in an arid environment following severe drought, Upper Elqui Valley, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Myggbukta, a radio and trappers station in Mackenzie Bay, Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Greenland.

More than 180 seventh grade students from Heritage Middle School experienced science through a hands-on field trip at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area within the Idaho National Guards Orchard Combat Training Center April 28-29. The Idaho National Guard partnered with Boise State University, University of Idaho, the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission and Idahos Bureau of Land Management to bring science education to Treasure Valley students through its Adopt a Scientist program. Additionally, the program brings a greater understanding of the Idaho National Guards environmental stewardship and increases connectivity between students and Idaho researchers with field trips throughout the year at the OCTC. The NCA is home to the largest and most diverse population of breeding raptors in North America and one of the only places where military training, extensive research, public land use and livestock share the same land. Biologists from the Idaho A

No Services Ahead warning sign on a remote desert road.

Department of Energy Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project, Moab, Utah.

Churchill Manitoba Canada

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - El Paso , Environmental Protection Agency

Creator: National Bison Range NWR. Subjects: Fire; prescribed fire; science. . 1998 - 2011.

Tonopah, Arizona, The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant. It is one of the largest nuclear plants in the U.S., and the only one not located on a large body of water. It uses recycled wastewater from the Phoenix area.

Glass bottle dumped by the side of the road, risk to wildlife and fire.

Department of Energy Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project.

A charred and severely damaged hilltop in public park.

38930. Subjects: Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge; KNWR; Recreation; Tourism; Landscapes; Human impacts; Petroleum industries; Wildlife viewing; Tundra. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm Wildfire Winter Storm - La Canada Flintridge, Calif. , April 19, 2010 After severe fires burned the brush and chaparral vegetation to the topsoil, the high temperatures baked the earth causing it to become brittle and unstable. Months later the heavy rains and severe winter storms added mass to an unstable slope which caused heavy erosion and soil losses from beneath the highway collapsing it down Mt. Wilson's range. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

US: Oregon, Columbia River Basin, Pendleton, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, tipis

in australia the concept of remote in the outback with asphalt line and water tank

Madrid. July 14, 2014. Land in Alcorcon where the largest Ikea in Europe will be built. Photo Oscar del Pozo Archdc.

Heavy rains in late December 2010 left many of the roads in nearly impassable condition due to washouts and debris in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Visitiors were advised to avoid the damaged roads. If deciding to travel through the Refuge, dr. Subjects: Automobiles; Erosion; Motor vehicles; Public access; Roads; Tourism; Vehicles; Visitor services; Water management; Weather impacts; Wildlife refuges. Location: Nevada. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: ASH MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

air pump in the desert

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

A hand holding a bubble dispenser with the ocean in the background

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor

Devastation from Station fire, Sept 5 2009. Big Tunjunga Canyon Road, San Gabriel Mountains, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles, California ,USA

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

A burnt sign in a park from recent wildfire.

A851314 SAFEGUARD ABLE SITE SALAZAR (Project Engineer) AUG 29 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/29/1985 ABLE; ABLE SITE; ABLE SITE CONSTRUCTION; AREA 27 SAFEGUARD; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES (SNL); EQUIPMENT (SNL); FACILITIES (SNL); FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; SAFEGUARDS; SANDIA FACILITIES; SECURITY; SECURITY MEASURES; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-ABLE SITE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Innoko National Wildlife Refuge; Work of the Service; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Dust storm, Lovelock, Nevada

Douglas, Arizona, The U.S. and Mexico border fence in Guadalupe Canyon. President Joe Biden stopped new construction of the fence in this remote region after he was inaugurated, calling it ""a waste of money."".

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Slogan protection of nature in Midelt in Morocco.

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

A790247 ROCK SPRINGS, WY OIL SHALE PROJECT L PARRISH (Project Engineer) APR 4 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/4/1979 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; OIL SHALE; OIL SHALE PROJECT; PARRISH, L.; ROADS; ROCK SPRINGS; ROCK SPRINGS, WY; SIGNS, ADVERTISING; SIGNS, STREET; SIGNS, TRAFFIC; STREETS; TEST SITES; TRAFFIC LIGHTS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Oregon State Park Ranger gets a wave from clean-up volunteers at the coast on Ft Stevens State Beach, Oregon.

Douglas, Arizona, Fence panels for the barrier along the U.S. and Mexico border sit unused., more than a year after President Donald Trump left office. President Joe Biden stopped new construction of the fence in this remote region after he was inaugurated, calling it ""a waste of money."".

Barbed wire fence enclosing an isolated desert cemetery

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Daytime wide angle view of Grant Park, in Ventura, California after the 2017 Thomas Fire.

Desert Rest Stop Picnic Table With Shelter

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