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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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