Grad Students.JPG

Grad Students.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

This is what grad students do.

Nice Hat

IMG_7199.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Neahga On Farm Machinery

IMG_7195.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Tate VS Farm Machinery

IMG_7192.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Like Trees in November

IMG_7180.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

reading the landscape

IMG_7166.JPG, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Silty Lens Under Organics

Silty Lens Under Organics, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

A soil core from the area... organic soil, then silty soil beneath it, with some black stuff in it. Whatever could this mean???

Cold Weather beneath Camel's Hump

Cold Weather beneath Camel's Hump, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

Our Icy Study Site

Our Icy Study Site, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

This pond is at about 2500 feet of elevation and in a cold air drainage area. Thus, there was more snow (about an inch) and the pond was mostly frozen.

New Glaciers Forming

New Glaciers Forming, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

there WAS ice under some cold rocks.

Icy Fall Creek

Icy Fall Creek, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

There wasn't ice along this creek, it wasn't cold enough yet at this elevaton.

Into the Field

Into the Field, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

as we hike higher the snow gets a bit deeper...

Poor Rubus

Poor Rubus, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

The poor Rubus allegheniensis got frosted...

Splashes of Snow

Splashes of Snow, originally uploaded by inyopfc.

It hasn't snowed enough to stick in Burlington yet, but in the Green Mountains it has! The dusting of fall snow here was amazing.