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Photo ID: h2a8jl	Subject: Oceans	Description
	Climate; Coelenterata; Corals; Oceanography; Paleoclimatology; Pavona clavus; Pocillopora robusta	This image shows colonies of Pavona clavus and branching coral Pocillopora robusta. Once they've sailed to their desired destination, scientists anchor their boat and look for coral to core. The branching coral Pocillopora robusta seen in the sides of this photograph are beautiful but not particularly useful for paleoclimatic research. Others, like the massive coral Pavona clavus that dominates this picture, are perfect: big, easily cored, and sometimes hundreds of years old, ancient enough to produce a long and interesting climatic record.
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	NOAA Credit Line: Courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	North America; Mexico; Baja California; Sea of Cortez
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Photo ID: hysj5d	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Gulf of California; Photogeology; Phytoplankton; Phytoplankton Blooms; Remote Sensing; Sea of Cortez	The Gulf of California appears to be in full bloom in this Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) image acquired on March 22, 2001. The distribution of phytoplankton (greenish pixels) in the gulf reveals the turbulent nature of the currents there, particularly in the central and southern portions of this subtropical arm of the Pacific Ocean. The Gulf of California is framed by Mexico's Baja Peninsula on the left and that country's province of Sonora on the right. Phytoplankton blooms are also visible off the west coast of Baja in this scene. The white pixels are clouds.
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	MODIS Credit Line: Courtesy MODIS, NASA	North America; Mexico; Baja California; Gulf of California
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Photo ID: imv0hk	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Coastal Environment; Deposition; Intertidal Environment; Littoral Drift; Longshore Transport; Nearshore Environment; Shore Features; Shorelines	Ripples form in this intertidal environment on the coast of Mexico's Baja California.
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	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; Mexico; Baja California; Pacific Ocean Beach
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Photo ID: io7q20	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Floodplains; Fluvial Features; Meander Scars; Meander Scrolls; Meanders; Natural Levees	Meander scars and tamarisk thickets mark the former beds of the Colorado River above its delta in Mexico's Baja California.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; Mexico; Baja California; Colorado River
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Photo ID: iqq3fh	Subject: Minerals	Description
	Chalcophile Elements; Chemical Elements; Economic Geology; Mineralogy; Native Elements; Orthorhombic; Sedimentary Mineral; Sulfur	Sulfur crystals.
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	Stonetrust Credit Line: Copyright © StoneTrust, Inc.	Central America; Mexico; Baja California; San Felippe
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Photo ID: ixvsl0	Subject: Rivers	Description
	Agriculture; Best Management Practices; Colorado River; Environmental Management; Fluvial Environment; Fluvial Features; Irrigation; Land Management; Land Use; Sustainable Development; Tillage; Waterways	Here near its mouth, the Colorado River helps to sustain verdant cropland.
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	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; Mexico; Baja California; Colorado River
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Photo ID: ixvw3u	Subject: Rivers	Description
	Erosion; Floodplains; Fluvial Environment; Fluvial Features; Fresh Water; Hydrology; Streambeds; Water Diversion; Water Use	Morales Dam in Los Algodones, Baja California, Mexico is the source of water for the Alamo Canal which flows west to Mexicali. Agriculture is the primary user of water diverted at this dam. This diversion leaves the bed of the Colorado River without enough water to sustain its flow.
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	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; Mexico; Baja California; Colorado River
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