Unidentified geophysical instrument

A happy face cactus in the Galapagos Islands. During western hemisphere magnetic project

I think I'll take this thing for a spin. NOAA diver gets ready for a spin on a tourist moped . At the end of the cruise ship piers in Nassau

Disney eagle originally designed for the Coast and Geodetic Survey

The joy of kissing the baby. Equator crossing on NOAA Ship MOUNT MITCHELL

It is now official. Pizza can be delivered virtually anywhere

King Neptune dubbing a pollywog an official shellback. The end of the Equator crossing ordeal on a NOAA Ship

Hey Mike, let's try fishing somewhere else. They don't seem to be biting here. Fishermen followed bad advice about where the fish were biting. Building crew off PEIRCE on Eleuthera Island

Mac Smith - dressed to kill. What hydrographers wear for a night out on the town

Ronnie and Elvis greet geodetic party at Montana dude ranch

A Pinckney Island Industry. Moonshine in the Southeast

The crew of the SURVEYOR playing baseball at Dutch Harbor

Tidal benchmarks under 10 feet of ice. Ensign Sainsbury looks in vain for the 1911 benchmarks

Baseball at Dutch Harbor - the national pastime goes to the Aleutians

The rim of the crater of Mt. Erebus. The view from a helicopter

Lieutenant Cynthia McFee checking the distances to major cities. Mileage indicator at the South Pole. Lieutenant McFee was the third woman to winter over at the South Pole

Photographer takes self-portrait in South Pole marker. Atmosheric phenomena provide halo for observer

C&GS ship offshore near Rockland, Maine. Conducting observations along the Eastern Oblique Arc

A small grouper looks glumly at divers installing tide gauge

Survey launch with Shoran antenna departing PIONEER

Shoran antenna dismantled prior to launch pickup. Launch off of EXPLORER

Arctic Field Party hydrographic launch - a converted LCVP

Arctic Field Party hydrographic launch - a converted LCVP

Lake Survey hydrographic launch

SURVEYOR launches for detached party tied up

Hydrographic survey launch on a calm day in the South Pacific. Launch off of SURVEYOR - a small boat in a big ocean

26' plastic pig running shore line in Pillsbury Sound. Note man on bow watching out for coral heads and rocks. Launch off of WHITING

26' plastic pig at the end of a hydrographic survey line. Approaching the northwest tip of Congo Cay. Launch off of WHITING

Jensen survey launch getting underway early in morning. Conducting chart evaluation surveys in Miami area. Launch off of PEIRCE

Jensen survey launch off of San Salvador Island. Launch off of PEIRCE - surveying under international cooperative agreement

Jensen survey launch in Halifax Harbor. Demonstrating hydrographic systems at international hydrographic conference. Launch off of PEIRCE

Jensen survey launch underway. Launch off of PEIRCE

Jensen survey launch passing a Maine schooner. Launch off of PEIRCE

Jensen survey launch. Launch off of PEIRCE

Running a tagline survey off a skiff. Skiff off of HODGSON

Skiff hydrography for chart evaluation survey. Skiff off of PEIRCE

Lake Survey hydrographic survey skiff

Lake Survey hydrographic survey skiff

Lake Survey hydrographic survey skiff with top off for the summer

Skiff dragging otterboards looking for obstruction

Boston whaler getting ready to take batteries and Minirangers to stations. Boston whaler off of PEIRCE

Taking a bar check to calibrate fathometer. Note transducer clamped to side of boat - officer on right monitoring fathometer

Monark outfitted for hydrography in Indian River Inlet, Delaware coast. Motorola Miniranger secured on mast and covered with red flagging. Boat was being used for range-azimuth hydrography. Detached party from NOAA Ship PEIRCE

Quartermaster Burke checks out the distance to warmer places

Charles Schott with Davidson meridian instrument. Eclipse expedition of 1870

Meridian telescope

Zenith telescope at the Ukiah Latitude Observatory. Showing latitude levels. Part of international effort to observe small changes in latitude

Zenith telescope at the Ukiah Latitude Observatory. Wooden frame built around supporting stand. Protecting instrument from accidental disturbance. Part of international effort to observe small changes in latitude

Bamberg astronomical transit. In use 1914 - 1960. Used for both latitude and longitude observations

Portable observing tripod made of poplar. Astro party of C. V. Hodgson