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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

The Blow Hole Field Trip: Trona. before the demonstration "blow" Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:41 AM
This pipe is connected to a 40-50 foot deep hole where explosives had been set off a week or so ago - and now the compressed air is forcing the water and gems out... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:40 AM
ssshhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:39 AM
"foosh" Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:39 AM
blowin' Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:39 AM
vic, tina, steve on their way to get stuff after the pipe has shot out all the stuff... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:38 AM
people scrambling for stuff after the "shooting" Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:37 AM
definitely hanksite. yeah, it's hanksite. kmart has good underwear.... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:36 AM
what IS that? maybe a rock? Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:36 AM
Steven among the blowholians... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:35 AM
Vic and Steve... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:34 AM
Steven... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 12:33 AM

Monday, October 17, 2005

Tina, with our rented Yukon below... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:50 PM
Jeff the Explorer :) Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:47 PM
They're making it look like I'm pushing them in... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:46 PM
Tina, Steve and I looking at what we figured to be a mine entrance on one of the Pinnacle "saddles" Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:45 PM
eerie - the paper from the BLM says that this area was used for many motion pictures and TV shows... see http://www.desertusa.com/Thingstodo/ttdtrails/du_ttd_trona.html
and ...
http://virtualguidebooks.com/SouthCalif/SouthernDeserts/SearlesLake/AmongTronaPinnacles.html Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:34 PM
Pinnacles a little closer - you can't get a sense of the size yet... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:32 PM
More Trona Pinnacles as we approach... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:31 PM
Trona Pinnacles in the Searles Valley (between Death Valley and China Lake/Ridgecrest) Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:30 PM
Tina and I after the brine pool fun... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:29 PM
Mrs. B (GHCHS Chemistry Dept. head) and present and former students... Tina is second from right. Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:27 PM
Pink Halite (salt) crystals, big ones, detached... Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:26 PM
Tina (right) wields the "breaker bar", a heavy (30lbs?) chisel to break the hard salt surface. Posted by Picasa

# posted by Unknown @ 6:24 PM
Miner Vic... Posted by Picasa

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