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  1. Sarah Jaffe

    Sarah Jaffe by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan The Old 97's @ Sarah Jaffe by Thomas Hayden

    ‘Best thing I heard… I’ve been digging the debut from a young singer/songwriter out of Texas named Sarah Jaffe…’ - USA Today

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  2. Hance Rapid

    Hance Rapid by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    Grand Canyon Scale: Class 7-8, 30' Drop - a difficult, dangerous rapid with large holes and waves and exposed rocks at various water levels. Named after "Capt." John T Hance, miner, rancher, guide, storyteller, who was the South Rim's first white settler.

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  3. KAN JAM

    KAN JAM by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    We didn't play this enough! Great game for the beach. throw frisbee near the Kan & have your partner Jam it in.

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  4. Bowline on a Bight

    Bowline on a Bight by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    Bow Lines are tied as soon as a raft hits the beach to a solid tree, large clump of trees, or "sand stake". Because a boater needs to put hands into dense brush at the base of trees, snakebite exposure is high when tying boats off. At camp each night, the boats are also "backed up" with a line connecting them all together.

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  5. Come Along Wench

    Come Along Wench by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    You can clearly read, "4-Ton Cable Puller" on our primary piece of safety hardware. This leveraging device is to be used in extreme cases where a raft is pinned to an obstacle by the force of the water. Extreme forces exerted on equipment can often lead to catastrophic failure adding another layer of danger to an emergency, and should only be used as a last resort.

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  6. Battery Boxes

    Battery Boxes by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    These two ammo cans are filled with Duracell AA batteries needed for Grand Canyon GigaView. NRS (Northwest River Supply) was a generous corp sponsor of the project. Smith Optics provided excellent protection & polarized visibility on the water.

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  7. BomberGear

    BomberGear by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    a close up of the BomberGear logo on a spray skirt that kayakers wear to seal themselves into the boat and to keep water out. To exit a kayak when flipped over & underwater, one simply pulls on the spray skirt's loop handle to break the seal & swim free. Of course, kayakers prefer to simply perform an eskimo roll to right an overturned boat.

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  8. Inflatable Kayak

    Inflatable Kayak by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    A fun alternative to the big rafts for mild rapids. IK's can be impossible to paddle fast enough to keep up with the heavy rafts during upstream winds. They can be sturdy boats for big rapids, so long as they point directly into waves. They are very vulnerable to waves from the side.

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  9. Rocket Box

    Rocket Box by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    Military surplus ammunition boxes have been water proof standards for river runners for generations. Post-WWII, war surplus bridge-building rafts were among the first crafts to carry commercial rafting guests.

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  10. Whitewater Playboat

    Whitewater Playboat by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #13 Hance Rapid - On the Boats by Thomas Hayden

    A small, versatile kayak designed to surf standing river waves and perform spinning manuevers

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  11. Good Current

    Good Current by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #9 Nankoweap by Thomas Hayden

    Unlike Marble Canyon upstream, this section of the Colorado River increases in speed with increased gradient. The riffles and eddy lines visible here indicated that water is continuously moving downstream. Smooth areas requiring more rowing to cross.

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  12. GigaGear

    GigaGear by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #9 Nankoweap by Thomas Hayden

    I packed a hard Pelican case into a large NRS drybag with backpack straps for the long hike up the granaries.

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  13. 250 Million Years Uncovered

    250 Million Years Uncovered by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #9 Nankoweap by Thomas Hayden

    This view of the Canyon wall profiles exposed rock layers representing a period from 500 to 250 million years ago. The talus slope at the river level is the Temple Butte Formation (500 myo). Above that is the cliff-forming Redwall Limestone (410 myo). Next, the dark red Supai Group & the Hermit Formation (300 myo). The light layers on top are the Coconino Sandstone - Moenkopi Formation (250 myo)

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  14. Redwall Limestone

    Redwall Limestone by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #9 Nankoweap by Thomas Hayden

    dolomite, and chert; formed in a shallow and deep sea environment during the Mississippian period (400 million years ago). Forms cliff faces in the Canyon. Here you can see the natural gray color of the stone which takes on a red out coloring from iron rich rock layers above.

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  15. Claret Cup Cactus

    Claret Cup Cactus by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Small barrel-shaped cactus, with deep red flowers when in bloom.

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  16. Unidentified small flowers

    Unidentified small flowers by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Poking up from the rock debris, small flowers take advantage of the wet spring.

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  17. Shinumo Rapid

    Shinumo Rapid by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Grand Canyon Scale: 2-3, 8' drop, just past the mouth of Shinumo Creek, where a waterfall delights visitors, this constriction rapid is a fun wave train with few consequences

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  18. Chipping Patina

    Chipping Patina by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Exposure to surface conditions ages the outside of even the super hard Vishnu Schist. Here the dark purple sheen of patina is chipping away, exposing the true color of the rock layer.

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  19. Ephedra

    Ephedra by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Or "Mormon Tea". Shrub 4-60" tall, with upright branches mainly bright green and smooth. Small, scalelike leaves, located @ stem joints, in pairs or sometimes whorls. Steeping the branchlets makes a noncaffeinated tea that was used to treat colds & congestion. Source of commercial drug ephedrine.

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  20. Rubber Rabbitbrush

    Rubber Rabbitbrush by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Low to tall shrub, 1-7' tall; bar obscured by dense, woolly covering of hairs. Leaves linear & flat, up to 4" long, hairy or smooth, & narrow at the tip. A latex, used in the manufacturing of rubber comes from the plant.

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  21. Nakedstem Bahia

    Nakedstem Bahia by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Perennial, stems solitary or few; individual plants may be clustered. Stems 4.5-24" tall with white hairs. Main leaves near base petioled, the blades .5-4" long, and egg-to lance-shaped. It's name comes from the leafless flowering stem. Damian Fagan

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  22. Quartz in Schist

    Quartz in Schist by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #22 Over Lower Bass by Thomas Hayden

    Intrusions of quartz abound in the Vishnu Schist at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. This is the top of the Great Uncomformity, where 1.4 billion years of Earth's history has disappeared from the geologic record.

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  23. Male Western Tanager

    Male Western Tanager by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Put A Bird On It: Western Tanagers Visit Portland by Thomas Hayden

    The male is brilliantly colored in yellow with a red face and head. The wings are a striking black & white pattern. The females are better camoflaged.

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  24. Granite Intrusion

    Granite Intrusion by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    The Zoroaster Granite peaks through the surrounding sandstone here where the falls have eroded the cliff smooth.

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  25. Sacred Datura?

    Sacred Datura? by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    This would be the right place for a thick stand. This could be fresh spring growth.

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  26. Travertine Formations

    Travertine Formations by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    Mineralized stone formed from particles left by the constantly running water

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  27. False Rim

    False Rim by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    From the bottom, they are all false rims

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  28. Monkey Flower

    Monkey Flower by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    Found only at the finest of desert springs

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  29. What time is it?

    What time is it? by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    You can almost read the watch

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  30. Jack's Plastic Weld

    Jack's Plastic Weld by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    Jack's makes the best Paco Pad on the river. Sorry NRS.

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  31. Sponsor Logos

    Sponsor Logos by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    NRS, Backcountry.com, Bauer Cases all supported Grand Canyon GigaView

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  32. Hanging Garden

    Hanging Garden by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Grand Canyon GigaView #26 Deer Creek Falls by Thomas Hayden

    Maidenhair ferns & Monkeyflowers

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  33. Your Durham Bulls

    Your Durham Bulls by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Restaurant Balcony by Thomas Hayden

    Warming up before the season opener

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  34. Norfolk Pitcher

    Norfolk Pitcher by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Durham Bulls, Left Field Cafe by Thomas Hayden

    Warming up before the season opener

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  35. Bulls Players Practicing

    Bulls Players Practicing by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Durham Bulls, Second Base by Thomas Hayden

    Getting ready for a pop up drill off the Blue Monster Wall

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  36. Lucky Strike

    Lucky Strike by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Durham Bulls, Second Base by Thomas Hayden

    Watertower for American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC

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  37. Hit Bull Win Steak

    Hit Bull Win Steak by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Durham Bulls, Second Base by Thomas Hayden

    Hit Grass Win Salad? Bull Durham hits a homerun and all they get is a salad?

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  38. Blossoms

    Blossoms by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan A Neighbor's Rare Tree in Bloom by Thomas Hayden

    Perfect Bloom

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  39. Pond

    Pond by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Earth Day Egg Hunt! by Thomas Hayden

    Can you find all 13 animals?

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  40. Color Density

    Color Density by Thomas Hayden from the GigaPan Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, Hubbard, OR by Thomas Hayden

    How many varieties can you count?

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