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ESS Field Trip September 2009

ESS Field Trip September 2009. Itinerary. Friday evening – Ingebright Lake Saturday morning – Great Sand Hills Saturday afternoon – Cypress Hills Winery and Park Sunday morning – Checkerboard Hill and South Saskatchewan River Walk. Base camp. The Fox Den Motel.

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ESS Field Trip September 2009

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  1. ESS Field Trip September 2009

  2. Itinerary Friday evening – Ingebright Lake Saturday morning – Great Sand Hills Saturday afternoon – Cypress Hills Winery and Park Sunday morning – Checkerboard Hill and South Saskatchewan River Walk

  3. Base camp The Fox Den Motel

  4. IngebrightLake Hypersaline lake – salinity 160 ppt Area <1 sq km Largest Na2SO4 deposit in N. America In excess of 40m thick Over 100 million tonnes Owned by Sask Minerals Presently mothballed

  5. Ignore the photographer - Note the foot holes!

  6. Owen demonstrating the correct sweep net technique

  7. Did I finish my beer already?

  8. Quite likely brine flies (Ephydra [hians?])

  9. The Great Sand Hills

  10. The intrepid explorers

  11. Where has everybody got to?

  12. ….. The sand boarders

  13. ….. and the collectors

  14. Ghost (C. lepida) Oblique (C. tranquebarica kirbyi) Festive (C. scutellaris) Sandy (C. limbata nympha)

  15. Ant hill climbing Hornworm parasitised by braconid

  16. Blumenheim: St Peter & Paul Catholic Church and grotto

  17. Cypress Hills Winery Visit – purpose to collect leafhoppers, of course!

  18. Cypress Hills Park – Conglomerate Cliffs, looking northwest

  19. ….. and looking southeast

  20. Now who would want to grow thistles?

  21. Checkerboard Hill looking northeast

  22. ….. looking northwest But what’s this?

  23. ….. let’s take a closer look

  24. …. Prairie rattlesnake!

  25. ….. So, finally South Saskatchewan River Walk

  26. A fine ending to a fine trip!

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