USGS Open House 2009 Visiting Marine Geologists

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2009

The U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park is hosting an Open House, May 15 - 17, 2009. At the USGS Open House, a very popular interactive activity is "Dress Like a Marine Geologist." Participants don maritime field attire and are image captured against a green screen background. Using the Macintosh Photo Booth application, an "at sea" scene replaces the background. The image is placed on the web. After the event, see the Open House 2009 absolutely adorable, the normal, the normally normal still images at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/openhouse/2009.html. Picture numbers begin with the day of the year: 135 (Fri.), 136 (Sat.), 137 (Sun.), 138 (Mon.)

2006

The U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park hosted an Open House, June 2 - 4, 2006. See the Open House 2006 absolutely adorable, the normal, the normally normal still images at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/openhouse/2006.html. Picture numbers begin with the day of the year: 153 (Fri.), 154 (Sat.), 155 (Sun.), 156 (Mon.) See a slide show (at 5 seconds per image) of the Open House 2006 participants at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/slideshow/openhouse2006/00000.html

2003	A sampling of the collection. Click an image to enlarge and view as a video clip.
	See the Open House 2003 absolutely adorable, the normal, the normally normal still images at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/openhouse/2003.html. Picture numbers begin with 150 (Fri.), 151 (Sat.), 152 (Sun.), 153 (Mon.) See a slide show (at 5 seconds per image) of the Open House 2003 participants at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/slideshow/openhouse2003/00000.html

2000	A sampling of the collection. Click an image to enlarge and view as a video clip.
	See the Open House 2000 absolutely adorable, the normal, the normally normal, even a spaceman at: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/openhouse/2000.html.

Behind the scenes in 2003. Once the participants are dressed up, they stand in front of a green screen and their image are patched into a marine-geology scene. (These images are clickable)

Clint Steele doing the magic, with Chroma Key and iMovie (image 030601T-21) Dan Mosier getting the next models ready (image 030601T-23)

Photos of props that participants could wear. Photos of participants preparing and posing. Photos of equipment used.