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Former Elwha Dam and Lake Aldwell post dam removal

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
View from the sky of a river surrounded by a heavily forested area and winding through a bare section that used to be a lake.
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Orthophoto (GigaPan) of the former Elwha Dam and former Lake Aldwell, on the Elwha River, Washington, compiled from ultra high-resolution images collected with a Ricoh GR camera operating at 2-second intervals, mounted on a Cessna 172 piloted by Rite Bros. Aviation and processed using Structure-from-Motion techniques. The dam removal project was completed in 2012 as part of the Elwha River Restoration project.

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Public Domain.

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