{"id":260,"date":"2008-01-31T18:59:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tetontrip.org\/2008\/01\/31\/day-four-2\/"},"modified":"2008-01-31T18:59:14","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T23:59:14","slug":"day-four-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Day Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research Day: Tracks and Snow Pits.<br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3397_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Adding colors\" \/><br \/>\nAdding color to the pages.<\/P><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3399_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Blending Colors\" \/><br \/>\nEmily rubs the colors to blend them into natural hues.<\/P><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3401_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Sketching designs\" \/><br \/>\nDelali Sketches out her thoughts in interesting designs.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3402_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Snow pit digging\" \/><br \/>\nWe had two research groups. One looked for answers in a snow pit, while the other hunted for tracks in different ecotones.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3411_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Hunting for tracks in the Sage Ecotone.\" \/><br \/>\nThe trackers search the Sagebrush Ecotone.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3414_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Time for play\" \/><br \/>\nThere is always time for some play.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3415_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Deep pockets\" \/><br \/>\nSarah finds an air-pocket and sinks up to hear knee despite wearing snowshoes.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3417_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Tasting Sage\" \/><br \/>\nNow Genevieve knows what sage tastes like.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3429_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Finding the layers\" \/><br \/>\nCharlie brushes off the looser snow to find the layers.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3432_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Snow height\" \/><br \/>\nWith the layers revealed, Delali can measure them for their research data.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3435_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen Ecotone\" \/><br \/>\nOne of the snow pits was dug in the Aspen Ecotone.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3438_day4.jpg\" alt=\"What's to learn from snow?\" \/><br \/>It takes a group effort to collect all of the necessary data.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3452_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Study in the conifer\" \/><br \/>\nSarah sits in the snow to record her data about the tracks she has discovered.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3458_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Following tracks\" \/><br \/>\nMrs. VanRiper and Genevieve have found some tracks to identify deep in the Conifer Ecotone.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3461_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Deep in the conifer\" \/><br \/>\nThe pines leave only small openings to the sky.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/tetons\/files\/2008\/01\/img_3464_day4.jpg\" alt=\"Moose stop\" \/><br \/>\nSarah nearly stumbled upon this resting moose.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Day: Tracks and Snow Pits. Adding color to the pages. Emily rubs the colors to blend them into natural hues. Delali Sketches out her thoughts in interesting designs. We had two research groups. 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