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Does anyone see anything to study in this area? Oops! I see that I touched a "how stupid can you be" nerve...so I found the following: "long-term monitoring and ecological study of the Devereux Slough ecosystem. Devereux slough, located at the University managed Coal Oil Point Reserve (Sands Beach) is a seasonally flooded coastal wetland. During the past fifty years, expanding agricultural and urban development has significantly altered the slough system. Such alterations have caused an increase in sedimentation to the system, an increase in water temperature and a decrease in dissolved oxygen. To investigate the changes in slough parameters, this study focuses on invertebrate and fish species diversity and abundance, hydrological characteristics such as bathymetry, oxygen, salinity and temperature measurements and nutrient inputs." Even better: http://nrs.ucop.edu/Coal-Oil-Point.htm |
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July 4th, start the day with Bend's most historical event, the Pet Parade, where children of all ages bring their special pet (we've seen dogs - large & small, llamas, horses, lizards, goats, and lots of stuffed animals) to parade through downtown Bend. It's one of the most unique parades you'll ever see! - This scene is after the parade at the finish line where the pooches can cool down in a wading pool - plenty of water along the route. |
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people met to to reafirm the principals of the constution.-Awareness to action 3000 attended . speakers included Chris Loesch, Lynda Loudin, Dian Jones, Curtis kalin, Lynda Loudin, Jim Hoft,Ed Martin , Jr., DR Gina Loudin, Randy McCarthur, Bill Hennesst, Dana Loesch. Tea Party Blogs of MO |
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will it collapse? Go watch the video. http://philinthecircle.com/arthappening.html |
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Blick von der Insel Reichenau auf Allensbach am Untersee des Bodensees.
View from the island Reichenau to Allensbach at the "Lake of Konstance". |
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View from Am Ploc lookout, Kyle of Lochalsh towards Kyleakin, Isle of Skye. 20th October 2009, 1330hrs. Ebbing spring tide, Low at 1410hrs (Mallaig) Windy day so I put a divers weightbelt on the tripod. (my first attempt so it could be sharper). Canon Powershot G10. 20 columns, 5 rows. |
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Der Rosengarten der Insel Mainau im Bodensee.
The rose garden of the island Mainau in the lake of Constance. |
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Taken on a very dull day so the camera aperture was too wide for good resolution.
18 images in one row. Will try to repeat this on a better day with a better camera and using a tripod. |
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This ant is from the species Proceratium MG03 which is thought to be a specialized predator of spider eggs.
This Nano Gigapan is of the front view of the ants head. It is magnified 600x using a scanning electron microscope. The ant was given to us to image by Brian Fisher, an Entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. This Nano Gigapan is composed of 143 pictures. This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things. Read more on the project blog at http://nanogigapan.blogspot.com and see more of our work on the gigapan site at http://gigapan.org/profiles/mollyg For some optical images of this particular ant species, please visit ant web. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?rank=species&name=mg03&genus=proceratium&project=madants |