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Starlings on tower
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Starlings on tower

View of Tonzi oak savanna, looking west from the tower. About a quarter of the visible oak/pine trees have brown canopies. The undercanopy is all bright yellow grass.
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View of Tonzi oak savanna, looking west from the tower. About a quarter of the visible oak/pine trees have brown canopies. The undercanopy is all bright yellow grass.

View of Tonzi oak savanna, looking north from the tower, with mostly green oak/pine trees and bright yellow grass underneath
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View of Tonzi oak savanna, looking north from the tower, with mostly green oak/pine trees and bright yellow grass underneath

Starlings on tower
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Starlings on tower

Starlings on tower
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Starlings on tower

Kyle and Joe with temporary tower materials to be dropped off at WP.
4797 20171004EE_towertakedown.JPG (2017-09-26 12:32:23 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Kyle and Joe with temporary tower materials to be dropped off at WP.

Supplemental solar panel added to Arable Mark. Sheep grazing right next to tower.
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Supplemental solar panel added to Arable Mark. Sheep grazing right next to tower.

Sheep paddock set up right next to our tower.
4802 20171130TA_sheep.JPG (2017-11-30 15:20:01 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Sheep paddock set up right next to our tower.

Tundra swan (?) seen from top of MB tower.
4811 20180111MB_swan.JPG (2018-01-11 14:46:30 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Tundra swan (?) seen from top of MB tower.

Rancho Seco and Mt. Diablo visible from the Tonzi tower
4859 20180306TZ_SecoDiablo.jpg (2018-03-06 10:43:17 ) Full size: 1920x699
Rancho Seco and Mt. Diablo visible from the Tonzi tower

Joe leveling the WP scaffolding by jacking up the tower, attaching new legs onto the tower, and positioning concrete pier blocks under the water.
4856 20180307WP_scaffoldjack.JPG (2018-03-07 13:47:15 ) Full size: 1080x1440
Joe leveling the WP scaffolding by jacking up the tower, attaching new legs onto the tower, and positioning concrete pier blocks under the water.

Joe installing the radiation boom on the new EP tower. The tule are tall by the edges of the levee road, but the vegetation are much sparser as you move 1-2 m into the water.
4857 20180417EP_towersetup.JPG (2018-04-17 13:14:43 ) Full size: 1080x1440
Joe installing the radiation boom on the new EP tower. The tule are tall by the edges of the levee road, but the vegetation are much sparser as you move 1-2 m into the water.

Twitchell Alfalfa tower site decommissioning. Ironically, with all the grass/weeds dead, it looks like an alfalfa field again.
4871 20180613TA_SiteDecommision.jpg (2018-06-13 09:02:36 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Twitchell Alfalfa tower site decommissioning. Ironically, with all the grass/weeds dead, it looks like an alfalfa field again.

Arable weather station and small solar panel installed on top of the corn tower
4872 20180614BC_ArableInstallation.jpg (2018-06-14 00:00:00 ) Full size: 1080x1440
Arable weather station and small solar panel installed on top of the corn tower

Ship passing tower
4873 20180621EE_ShipAndSite.jpg (2018-06-21 09:35:47 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Ship passing tower

Kyle relocating some tules closer to the tower for future isotope chamber work.
4877 20180711SW_KyleTuleRelocation.jpg (2018-07-11 13:14:54 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Kyle relocating some tules closer to the tower for future isotope chamber work.

The FLIR camera is now mounted near the top of the tower.
4879 20180718TZ_NewFLIRMount.jpg (2018-07-18 12:15:02 ) Full size: 960x1280
The FLIR camera is now mounted near the top of the tower.

Starlings on tower
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Starlings on tower

Starlings on tower and in flight
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Starlings on tower and in flight

Starlings on tower
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Starlings on tower

Starlings on tower
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Starlings on tower

Starlings on tower
4917 siwetland_2018_09_20_134405.jpg (2018-09-20 13:49:32 ) Full size: 1296x960
Starlings on tower

Mishal, Daphne and Karen on top of the tower.
4954 20181028EE_MishalDaphneKarenOnTower.jpg (2018-10-28 12:04:12 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Mishal, Daphne and Karen on top of the tower.

JPL equipment just visible on the Tower above the second from top solar panel
4951 20181107TZ_JPLEquipOnTower.jpg (2018-11-07 11:58:46 ) Full size: 1920x1598
JPL equipment just visible on the Tower above the second from top solar panel

New cal panel for FLIR camera and Tower.
4967 20190114T_NewFLIRCalPanelTower.jpg (2019-01-14 12:17:45 ) Full size: 1440x1920
New cal panel for FLIR camera and Tower.

Daphne at Bouldin Alfalfa tower with nice green alfalfa.
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Daphne at Bouldin Alfalfa tower with nice green alfalfa.

Dennis and Camilo at East End tower; tules were blown down recently after high winds.
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Dennis and Camilo at East End tower; tules were blown down recently after high winds.

Daphne, Jiangong, Kuno, and Camilo at East End tower. Jiangong and Camilo
4972 20190118EE_DaphneJiangongKunoCamilo.JPG (2019-01-18 12:50:33 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Daphne, Jiangong, Kuno, and Camilo at East End tower. Jiangong and Camilo's first time to the Delta.

Folks working on the tower
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Folks working on the tower

Geese taking flight from one of the ponds near the Sherman Barn tower.
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Geese taking flight from one of the ponds near the Sherman Barn tower.

Close up of rodent/nutria we found in front of MB tower. About 30 cm long and had distinctive orange buck teeth. It ended up being a muskrat.
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Close up of rodent/nutria we found in front of MB tower. About 30 cm long and had distinctive orange buck teeth. It ended up being a muskrat.

Inspecting a rodent we found floating in front of the MB tower. It ended up being a muskrat, not a nutria.
4981 20190212MB_CamiloNutria.jpg (2019-02-12 10:52:00 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Inspecting a rodent we found floating in front of the MB tower. It ended up being a muskrat, not a nutria.

Alfalfa under the tower is slightly shorter than the surrounding alfalfa. The surrounding alfalfa is the first crop of the year, so it
5024 20190403BA_TowerAlfalfa.JPG (2019-04-03 10:50:57 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Alfalfa under the tower is slightly shorter than the surrounding alfalfa. The surrounding alfalfa is the first crop of the year, so it's especially vigorous.

Weeds under BC tower radiometers; we need to move the tower closer into the field.
5046 20190605BC_WeedsTower.JPG (2019-06-04 13:21:23 ) Full size: 1080x1440
Weeds under BC tower radiometers; we need to move the tower closer into the field.

A new drill pad is being built on the alfalfa field where our site Twitchell Alfalfa was. This is the view from the West Pond tower.
5056 20190620WP_DrillPad.jpg (2019-06-20 00:00:00 ) Full size: 1920x1440
A new drill pad is being built on the alfalfa field where our site Twitchell Alfalfa was. This is the view from the West Pond tower.

We moved the tower about 2m to the west so that the legs were on the edge of the first corn row. The corn was planted about 3-4 weeks ago on 2019-05-25.
5059 20190620BC_GrowingCorn.jpg (2019-06-20 12:12:31 ) Full size: 1920x1080
We moved the tower about 2m to the west so that the legs were on the edge of the first corn row. The corn was planted about 3-4 weeks ago on 2019-05-25.

Starlings on the tower
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Starlings on the tower

View of the tower from the far CH4 release point
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View of the tower from the far CH4 release point

View of the two CH4 release points from the tower
5081 20190816BA_CH4ReleasePoints.jpg (2019-08-16 08:54:41 ) Full size: 1920x1080
View of the two CH4 release points from the tower

Joe sitting next to the secondary tower for CH4 release experiement
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Joe sitting next to the secondary tower for CH4 release experiement

Seen from the top of the tower, our rental truck looks like it
5082 20190819MB_TruckAd.jpg (2019-08-19 15:44:07 ) Full size: 1920x1080
Seen from the top of the tower, our rental truck looks like it's in an ad for rugged vehicles.

Our field was mostly harvested, except for a small patch in front of our tower where Tyler
5094 20190917BC_PersonalCornPatch.JPG (2019-09-17 14:20:15 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Our field was mostly harvested, except for a small patch in front of our tower where Tyler's chambers are located.

View of Mt. Diablo, post-rain cummulus clouds, and our radiometer boom on the EE tower.
5092 20190919EE_MountDiablo.JPG (2019-09-18 14:41:00 ) Full size: 1920x1440
View of Mt. Diablo, post-rain cummulus clouds, and our radiometer boom on the EE tower.

Daphne cutting patch of corn left next to tower
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Daphne cutting patch of corn left next to tower

The winds blew away the tower board and moved the boom with the water
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The winds blew away the tower board and moved the boom with the water

Bouldin Corn tower that fell down on during a wind/rain storm on 2019-11-26.
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Bouldin Corn tower that fell down on during a wind/rain storm on 2019-11-26.

Tower fell in the storm November 26th
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Tower fell in the storm November 26th

Joe taking off sensors from Bouldin Corn tower that fell down on during a wind/rain storm on 2019-11-26.
5106 20191202BC_FallenTowerJoe.JPG (2019-12-02 12:41:56 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Joe taking off sensors from Bouldin Corn tower that fell down on during a wind/rain storm on 2019-11-26.

Camilo measuring water level around tower
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Camilo measuring water level around tower

Temporary tower set up at Sherman Wetland, 1250m upwind of the permanent tower.
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Temporary tower set up at Sherman Wetland, 1250m upwind of the permanent tower.

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