Field Trip to Baja, Mexico

	Large Medium	Celinda and a classic car just before crossing the US/Mexican border
	Large Medium	The Motor Pool's trend toward larger and larger vehicles continues...
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	Large Medium	Note the nice termination shocks present at the base of the dam
	Large Medium	Doug studiously examines his eyelids
	Large Medium	We disturbed an owl at our stop at the geothermal fields
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	Large Medium	Curtis Cooper discusses geothermal power
	Large Medium	Pete Lanagan, Jani Radebaugh, Zibi Turtle, Celinda Marsh, Abby Sheffer, Eve Berger and half of Ralph Lorenz
	Large Medium	Dave Choi explains mudpots, fumaroles and geysers...
	Large Medium	...with some illustrative help from Ralph
	Large Medium	Sadly, one cannot buy actual Coronas of this size
	Large Medium	Mark Szwast, Eve and David Minton in front of the playa
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	Large Medium	Brian Jackson, Serina Diniega and Abby on the climbing dunes
	Large Medium	As Serina just explained in her talk, the climbing slope is at a gentle angle, while the falling slope is at the angle of repose
	Large Medium	A nice view of this dry lakebed
	Large Medium	Eve surrounded by sand and metamorphic rock
	Large Medium	Serina, Brian, Ralph, Zibi, Colin Dundas, Chris Okubo and unidentified feet around the campfire on Night 1
	Large Medium	Sunrise on Day 2--I took these pictures from my sleeping bag
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	Large Medium	Celinda contemplates the ocean (and her breakfast)
	Large Medium	The lovely Gulf of California
	Large Medium	An unfinished beach house and my campsite (Doug again studies his eyelids)
	Large Medium	Maki Hattori talks about tides, while Zibi, Jani and Mike look on
	Large Medium	Abby and the Gulf
	Large Medium	Catherine Neish, Mark and Serina enjoy a game of frisbee while we wait for the vehicle to be repaired
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	Large Medium	An unidentified LPLer and Zibi look at the dead battery while Eric Palmer converses with Diana Smith's leg
	Large Medium	Catherine and Eric
	Large Medium	A nice dust devil in Laguna Diablo
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	Large Medium	A dike swarm in the mountains on our way to the Pacific
	Large Medium	Our caravan of vehicles
	Large Medium	Pete, Jade Bond, Ingrid Daubar, Curtis, Serina, Maki, Chris, Kerrie Hanna and John Keller
	Large Medium	Jason Barnes, trip organizer
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	Large Medium	...and John
	Large Medium	Dave Choi and the Pacific Ocean
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	Large Medium	Sunrise on Day 3 (again from my sleeping bag)
	Large Medium	Eve, Zibi, Catherine and Dave Minton
	Large Medium	The unappetizing algal mats
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	Large Medium	We head out into the muck to look for algae
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	Large Medium	JK found a great sample showing many distinct layers
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	Large Medium	Oleg Abramov stands on cliffs above the Pacific
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	Large Medium	Serina
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	Large Medium	Colin and the vans
	Large Medium	The all-taco food group:Jason, Celinda, Mark, Jani and Bob
	Large Medium	LPLers walking back from lunch to hear talks
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	Large Medium	Kerrie talks about the longshore current
	Large Medium	A stand of huge cardon-a relative of the saguaro
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	Large Medium	Brian and JK talk about the KT landslide
	Large Medium	Oleg looks on
	Large Medium	Around the Night 3 campfire (Firebug Doug supervising)
	Large Medium	Serina, me and Maki
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	Large Medium	Leaving camp on Day 4
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	Large Medium	A house in El Chocolate...mmm...
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	Large Medium	We wait on the side of the road while a practice race for the Baja 1000 off-roading race is completed
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	Large Medium	Jason and Pete
	Large Medium	Colin, Oleg, Brian and Ralph. If memory serves, they were discussing how best to call in a tactical strike on the house behind us
	Large Medium	A waxing moon rises over the Pacific
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	Large Medium	We head down the cliffs to look for ammonite fossils
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	Large Medium	I found one!
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	Large Medium	Abby talks about the ammonites
	Large Medium	Celinda is located conveniently close to a small sample
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	Large Medium	We examine a sample up close
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	Large Medium	Gwen Barnes and the Pacific
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	Large Medium	Celinda looks back at our campsite as the sun sets
	Large Medium	Vanmates announce that there's no one else they'd rather be stranglepissed with: JK, Diana, Curtis, Dave Minton and Kerrie
	Large Medium	Brian, Maki and Colin
	Large Medium	Doug in his pyromaniacal element
	Large Medium	There's a large crowd at the Night 4 campfire
	Large Medium	We wake up in the marine layer fog on Day 5
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	Large Medium	The debut performance of my new tent
	Large Medium	Clearly, Mexico is less concerned with keeping things PC than the US is. The Asians in our van were amused by this sign for La Cochinita, Japanese Food Factory
	Large Medium	Maki recorded the members of our van for posterity. The back of my head,
	Large Medium	The back of Dave's head,
	Large Medium	Doug, still studying those eyelids,
	Large Medium	And Eric

Other pictures of the trip:
Doug Archer
Jason Barnes
Bob Howell
Mike Bland
Curtis Cooper
Catherine Neish
Zibi Turtle
Dave Choi