Published: 
Nov 3, 2006

GLOBE in Russia images

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Arrival in Russia and initial training

 

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Sightseeing; Moscow in background
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Boarding the flight to Rostov-on-Don
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Classroom session

 

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Sightseeing; Rostov-on-Don in background

Hydrology and soil protocols

 

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Salinity titration
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Alexey's Gate atop ancient fort overlooking the Don River.
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Sea water hydrology.

 

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The teachers on the shore of the Azov Sea
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Sea water hydrology.

 

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Fields of sunflowers.

 

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Digging the soil pit.

 

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Studying the soil horizon.

 

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Overlook of docks on the Don River.

 

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Hitchhiking in Rostov.

 

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Surfing the web.
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Surfing the web.
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Surfing the web.

Land cover protocols

 

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Alabama GLOBE Director Greg Cox (in Legacy T-shirt) shows teachers how to use GPS receiver.
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Making land cover instruments.

 

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Air temperature measurements.

 

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Making land cover instruments.
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Goats attack the data before the team can make land cover assessments.

 

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Spring of St. Sophia.

 

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Measuring tree heights.

 

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Learning Russian - and English.

 

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Learning Russian - and English.

 

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The GLOBE team outside Rostov -on-Don's Botanical Garden Administration Building

More hydrology protocols

 

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Hydrology studies in Don River near Rostov-on-Don.
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Hydrology studies in Don River near Rostov-on-Don.
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Hydrology studies in Blue Lake near Rostov-on-Don.
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Hydrology studies in Blue Lake near Rostov-on-Don.
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Hydrology studies in Blue Lake near Rostov-on-Don.
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Lunch on the lake.
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Lunch on the lake.
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Russian Teachers preparing for final GLOBE exam.