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Day 4 Flaming Gorge NRA
Flaming Gorge NRA
Flaming Gorge NRA
Flaming Gorge NRA

Day 4 Flaming Gorge NRA

Day 4 Flaming Gorge NRA

Day 2 frost on rafts at dawn
Frost at dawn
Frost at dawn
Frost at dawn

Day 2 frost on rafts at dawn

Day 2 frost on rafts at dawn

Day 2 landscape with fog at dawn
Frost on landscape
Frost on landscape
Frost on landscape

Day 2 landscape with fog at dawn

Day 2 landscape with fog at dawn

Day 5 USGS gaging station
Gaging station
Gaging station
Gaging station

Day 5 USGS gaging station

Day 5 USGS gaging station

Day 2 Garmin In Reach with landscape
Garmin
Garmin
Garmin

Day 2 Garmin In Reach with landscape

Day 2 Garmin In Reach with landscape

A view of Gates of Lodore from the Green River in Brown's Park
Gates of Lodore looming from Brown's Park
Gates of Lodore looming from Brown's Park
Gates of Lodore looming from Brown's Park

The scenic view of the Gates of Lodore from Brown's Park. The Green River through Brown's Park is very calm, slow moving water, with canyon walls and up ahead looms the scar where the river has eroded it's way down through the mountains.

The scenic view of the Gates of Lodore from Brown's Park. The Green River through Brown's Park is very calm, slow moving water, with canyon walls and up ahead looms the scar where the river has eroded it's way down through the mountains.

Day 5 house wren at lightining tree
House wren and den
House wren and den
House wren and den

Day 5 house wren at lightining tree

Day 5 house wren at lightining tree

Day 2 insect population study
Insect study
Insect study
Insect study

Day 2 insect population study

Day 2 insect population study

Three scientists in boat with drone flying above.
LIDAR sensors to unmanned aerial vehicles
LIDAR sensors to unmanned aerial vehicles
LIDAR sensors to unmanned aerial vehicles

Observations and measurements may now be made by attaching imaging and LIDAR sensors to unmanned aerial vehicles; pictured is a drone being used by the modern-day expedition to document their journey

Observations and measurements may now be made by attaching imaging and LIDAR sensors to unmanned aerial vehicles; pictured is a drone being used by the modern-day expedition to document their journey

A brown newt on green moss.
Newt spotted during fieldwork in Wisconsin
Newt spotted during fieldwork in Wisconsin
Newt spotted during fieldwork in Wisconsin

A newt seen during fieldwork in Wisconsin sampling newts for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) an emerging fungal pathogen.

A newt seen during fieldwork in Wisconsin sampling newts for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) an emerging fungal pathogen.

Day 4 osprey and nest
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey

Day 4 osprey and nest

Day 4 osprey and nest

Day 1 panorama with rafts A
Panorama with rafts
Panorama with rafts
Panorama with rafts

Day 1 panorama with rafts A

Day 1 panorama with rafts A

Day 5 photographers at take-out
Photographers at Segment A
Photographers at Segment A
Photographers at Segment A

Day 5 photographers at take-out

Day 5 put in of raft below Flaming Gorge Dam
Put in below Flaming Gorge Dam
Put in below Flaming Gorge Dam
Put in below Flaming Gorge Dam

Day 5 put in of raft below Flaming Gorge Dam

Day 5 put in of raft below Flaming Gorge Dam

Day 3 mirror reflections of landscape on water
Reflections
Reflections
Reflections

Day 3 mirror reflections of landscape on water

Day 3 mirror reflections of landscape on water

Day 3 mirror reflections of landscape on water
Reflections
Reflections
Reflections

Day 3 mirror reflections of landscape on water

Day 3 mirror reflections of landscape on water

Day 1 USGS Rusty Sherman on raft
Rusty on raft
Rusty on raft
Rusty on raft

Day 1 USGS Rusty Sherman on raft

Day 1 USGS Rusty Sherman on raft

Day 4 sandstone formations
Sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone

Day 4 sandstone formations

Day 4 sandstone formations

Day 2 soil sampling
Soil sampling
Soil sampling
Soil sampling

Day 2 soil sampling

Day 2 soil sampling

Day 3 soil sampling
Soil sampling
Soil sampling
Soil sampling

Day 3 soil sampling

Day 3 soil sampling

Day 4 soil sampling
Soil sampling
Soil sampling
Soil sampling

Day 4 soil sampling

Day 4 soil sampling

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