A landmark 1963 geological map of the Arabian Peninsula. Produced through a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and Aramco, and sponsored by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Petroleum and the U.S. Department of State, this map brought together decades of fieldwork, aerial photography, and geological surveys into the first coherent, peninsula-wide geological profile of the region. Covering Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, it became a definiti

USGS maps don’t stop at Earth. We’ve charted Mercury, volcanoes and all! 🌋🪐 In 2016, USGS collaborated with NASA, Arizona State University, Carnegie Institution for Science, and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to produce the first high-resolution topographic map of Mercury. The map captures the planet’s craters, volcanoes, and tectonic features in remarkable detail. To make this possible, USGS scientists developed advanced software and innovative techniques to process m