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Minerals build up to form stalactites (formed down from the ceiling) and stalagmites (formed up from the ground) in Luray Caverns
Luray Caverns
Minerals build up to form stalactites (formed down from the ceiling) and stalagmites (formed up from the ground) in Luray Caverns
Luray Caverns
Making field measurements and sampling along a depth profile in the Patuxent River in the rain.
Measurements in the rain
Acidic mine tailings are being mitigated by the addition of alkaline chemicals (white), entering the stream below the wooden structure.
Mine Tailings
Oysters growing on rocks at Virginia Beach.
Oysters growing on rocks
The R/V Aquarius: built 1964, length: 64', beam: 16', height: 28', draft: 5'6
R/V Aquarius
Blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale) found along a trail in Canaan Valley State Park.
Salamander in Canaan Valley State Park
The 2008 Severn River Report Card Release. The report card summarizes 2008 water quality results, which are based on data collected by the Severn Riverkeeper Program. This report card helps to clarify the Severn's health, and provides instructions on what individuals can do to improve its condition. The release of this report card was attended by local, state, and federal representatives, Severn River Keepers, and IAN staff.
Severn River Report Card Release
Water flows yield small rapids over rocks near the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
Spring water flows at Harper's Ferry
White tailed fawn foraging along a trail in Shenandaoh National Park
White tailed fawn
Acidic mine tailings flow downstream.
Acidic mine tailings in stream
Assembled gear to deploy oyster biological indicators. Cages will hold the oysters and will be suspended 0.5 meters above the bottom by the buoys and anchored by the bricks.
Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators
Illustration of a fallow field
Field: fallow
Illustration of harvesting
Field: harvesting
Illustration of a ploughed field
Field: ploughed
Illustration of a winter crop
Field: winter crop
These weights are towed apart from each other from behind a boat, keeping fishing nets open. When hoisted back on board, the net closes and can be hauled in.
Fishing net trap door
On a clear day, the fishing pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is packed with people
Fishing Pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
The town of Landshut, Germany lies along the River Isar, a tributary of the Danube River.
Landshut on the River Isar
As part of the Science Communication course, students design the layout for a newsletter. Students decide where to include text, photos, figures, maps, conceptual diagrams. Each section in encapsulated with an active title for effective communication.
Newsletter Layout exercise
Nutria (Myocaster coypus) are an introduced semi-aquatic rodent species originally brought to Maryland for fur in the 1940s, but are since considered to be nuisance species, destroying large areas of marshland, particularly around the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
Nutria (Myocaster coypus)
The grab sampler will collect sediment samples once the spring releases the jaws at the bottom of the Patuxent River.
Sediment grab sampler
Illustration of sugarcane
Sugarcane
Illustration of sugarcane plantation
Sugarcane plantation
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