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On the Job. Whether you're interested in rocks or animals, computers or microscopes, working indoors or out, careers in the natural sciences can take you anywhere on Earth.

A color photograph of a man working around heavy machinery. Photo: USGS

A scientist samples groundwater at a mine site for chemical analysis.

 A color photgraph of a man in a stream, he is bending over getting a water sample. Photo: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

A biologist takes samples to test water quality.
A color photograph of a person standing in on a rock field. Photo: USGS

A paleobiologist participates in the first geologic mapping of Seymour Island in Antarctica to learn about ancient climates.

 A color photograph of a person standing on the side of a mountain. Photo: USGS, C. Gardner

A geologist examines deposits from the 1989-90 eruption of Alaska's Redoubt Volcano
A color photograph of a man and woman studying a computer screen. Photo: ODP/TAMU Photography Department

With the aid of a computer and a microscope, scientists analyze rock and sediment samples collected from the ocean floor

 A color photograph of a man working in a magnetic tape library. Photo: USGS

A seismologist analyzes seismic data from earthquakes as they occur

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This booklet was originally published and printed in 1999. The online edition contains full text from the original publication. Some images have been modified or added to improve the scientific visualization of information. This document has undergone official review and approval for publications established by the National Mapping Division, U.S. Geological Survey.

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