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Student Ariel Vee takes perfect shot of Amigo, the new octopus at the HMSC public wing, during part 1 of the field trip.
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Great shot of Amigo by student Tiffany Diec
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Great shot of Amigo and anemone by student Kelsey Wardn
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HMSC touch tank pictures by student Tiffany Diec
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Tiffany's picture of a red anemone in the touch tank. This is identified by marine ecologist Dr. Bruce Menge as an "Urticina lofotensis"
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Pisaster sea stars in HMSC touch tank (Tiffany Diec)
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Touch tank photo by student Kelsey Warden
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Touch tank photo by student Kelsey Warden
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Basalt formation just north of trail at Seal Rock State Park (this and next series of photos by Dr. Wright)
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Gathering of students at Seal Rock State Park picnic area.
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Elephant Rock, a huge intrustion (sill) of columnar basalt overlying the Yaquina Sandstone
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Contact between sandstone below and basalt of Elephant Rock above
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Elephant Rock from distance
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Here they come for Station #1 at Elephant Rock
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Station #1, Elephant Rock, described by Dr. Wright
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Jackie Cohen and other happy students
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Top of Elephant Rock is a seabird habitat. Seagulls abounded (and sometimes dropped on unsuspecting students!)
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TA Tiffany and her dog
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Off to Station #2
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Station #2, Native Americah shell midden layer (top), led by TA Andrew McFadden
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Station #3, Yaquina Sandstone formation, led by TA Wendy Kelly
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Wendy was assisted by her grandmother Ruth Deike, a retired USGS geologists who now now runs a geology education program in California, and is director of the K-12 web site, http://www.rockdetective.org/
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Ruth waiting for the next crew
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