![Loading up the coring equipment](Thumbnails/1.jpg) Loading up the coring equipment
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![Mindy, Cody, David and Jordan at Lower Ohmer Lake campground](Thumbnails/2.jpg) Mindy, Cody, David and Jordan at Lower Ohmer Lake campground
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![Setting up the coring platform](Thumbnails/3.jpg) Setting up the coring platform
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![Setting up for bathymetric survey](Thumbnails/4.jpg) Setting up for bathymetric survey
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![Darrell checking the core tube](Thumbnails/5.jpg) Darrell checking the core tube
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![Cody preparing to glue the core tubes](Thumbnails/6.jpg) Cody preparing to glue the core tubes
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![Platform and boat are ready for action](Thumbnails/7.jpg) Platform and boat are ready for action
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![Setting out for first core site at Lower Ohmer Lake](Thumbnails/8.jpg) Setting out for first core site at Lower Ohmer Lake
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![Laying the achors](Thumbnails/9.jpg) Laying the achors
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![Pounding the core into the lake bottom](Thumbnails/10.jpg) Pounding the core into the lake bottom
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![Mindy muscles in](Thumbnails/11.jpg) Mindy muscles in
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![Hoisting the core tube out of the mud](Thumbnails/12.jpg) Hoisting the core tube out of the mud
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![Mindy with cable puller (aka porkchop)](Thumbnails/13.jpg) Mindy with cable puller (aka porkchop)
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![David, Cody and Jordan stuggle to pull up a surface core](Thumbnails/14.jpg) David, Cody and Jordan stuggle to pull up a surface core
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![Meanwhile...](Thumbnails/15.jpg) Meanwhile...
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![Removing the excess core tube](Thumbnails/16.jpg) Removing the excess core tube
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![Preserved core top](Thumbnails/17.jpg) Preserved core top
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![David chopping the long core for shipment](Thumbnails/18.jpg) David chopping the long core for shipment
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![Jordan examining the lake mud](Thumbnails/19.jpg) Jordan examining the lake mud
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![Launching the USGS boat at Skilak Lake](Thumbnails/20.jpg) Launching the USGS boat at Skilak Lake
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![Peter preparing to ferry the coring team across Skilak Lake](Thumbnails/21.jpg) Peter preparing to ferry the coring team across Skilak Lake
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![Positioning the platform at Skilak Lake](Thumbnails/22.jpg) Positioning the platform at Skilak Lake
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![Platform in evening light](Thumbnails/23.jpg) Platform in evening light
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![Sunset at Skilak Lake](Thumbnails/24.jpg) Sunset at Skilak Lake
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![Too windy to core today](Thumbnails/25.jpg) Too windy to core today
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![Harebell](Thumbnails/26.jpg) Harebell
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![Pick up from Skilak Lake](Thumbnails/27.jpg) Pick up from Skilak Lake
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![Hidden Lake - Bonus](Thumbnails/28.jpg) Hidden Lake - Bonus
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![This year's haul: 500 lbs of mud](Thumbnails/29.jpg) This year's haul: 500 lbs of mud
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![Gear stowed for next year](Thumbnails/30.jpg) Gear stowed for next year
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