I've had the pleasure of helping at Branson Field Laboratory, the geology field camp of the University of Missouri, Columbia, for the past two summers. Here are some photos.
Images of Branson Field Lab
and vicinity, June 10 through June 24, 2008
Relatively high water on the Popo Agie River.
A moose outside my cabin window.
Bob Bauer, camp director, explains field relations among deformed sedimentary rocks.
A yellow flower.
Blue flowers.
I'm not a botonist.
A flower and a bee.
... or an apiologist.
The cabins (red roofs) of Branson Field Laboratory. Photo taken from "George" a high promontory above camp.
Images of Branson Field Lab
and vicinity, June 12 through June 21, 2007
Students eating lunch in the field.
Granite Knob from a moraine above camp.
Shinpaugh, Tommy, and yours truly with our backs to a 60-mph
wind (my estimate) on Granite Knob.
Lunch on Granite Knob, sheltered from the wind.
A very large feldspar crystal on Granite Knob.
The view, looking down Sinks Canyon toward camp, from Granite
Knob.
Shinpaugh takes the plunge in the Popo Agie.
A student ponders his location while mapping.
Cloverly, one of the smaller cabins at Branson Field Lab (right).