2005 LPL Baja California Field Trip: Day 3

2005 LPL Baja California Field Trip: Day 3

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Gwen Bart talks about ripples and sand ripple formation on the beach near Laguna Figueroa with the Pacific as backdrop.
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Ralph Lorenz in front of some good ripples.
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Mark Szwast talks about the marine layer.
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Eve Berger talks about Archean life on Earth in front of Laguna Figueroa.
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LPLers looking for algal mats in the gook.
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Joe Spitale out near the actual salty wet gook.
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John Keller, heading out with waders, found this great section.
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SIGMA SD9, 2005:11:14 12:13:17 -- 1/180 sec, f/5.6.  No Flash.2268x1512 Large -- Medium

Brian Jackson catches up on his Z's in the Imperturbable II between stops.
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Celinda Marsh looks over the precipace at the marine terraces stop.
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Eve Berger and the Pacific Ocean.
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Jade Bond discusses spits, bars, and Titan.
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Chris Okubo discusses marine terraces as scattered light from the heavens illuminates him.
SIGMA SD9, 2005:11:14 12:14:05 -- 1/1000 sec, f/11.0.  No Flash.2268x1512 Large -- Medium

Trip leader Zibi Turtle in front of a hawk with a photographically useful flight path.
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Serina Diniega in front of the conglomerates.
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The crew of the Imperturbable II: Brian Jackson, Jason Barnes, Colin Dundas, and Serina Diniega.
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Cardon cactus forest near the road up Canon San Fernando.
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I think that if you landed on an extrasolar planet and saw one of these Cirio plants, that you'd be convinced you were definitely on an alien world!
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SIGMA SD9, 2005:11:14 12:15:22 -- 1/60 sec, f/32.0.  No Flash.2268x1512 Large -- Medium

John Keller talks about the Busby et al. paper describing K/T bolide-induced landslides here 65 million years ago.
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This is the volcanic tuff used to date the Canon San Fernando deposits, with the moon above and Oleg Abramov on the top ridge.
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SIGMA SD9, 2005:11:14 12:15:46 -- 1/500 sec, f/8.0.  No Flash.2268x1512 Large -- Medium

Obligatory planet-in-the-sky shot.
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Our campfire on night 3.
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Zoomout of the campfire with cirio in silhouette on the ridge and Venus in Sagittarius at the upper left.
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