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Field Voyage #2

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September 29, 2017 5:45 PM today is 11 hours, 49 minutes long Today while I was fielding, it was windy, sunny, and 62. It was in the 80s all week and today and yesterday have cooled down. This map shows the change from the last blog post to this one in terms of the subsoil moisture. As shown, you can see how the ground has dried out in Michigan. This is a map of the moisture in the ground from today.  Precipitation in the Midwest from the past 24 hours

Field Voyage #1 September 5

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September 5, 2017 5:35 PM .        The day is 12 hours 53 minutes long. Today while I was fielding, it was 63 degrees and sprinkling with a light breeze rustling the leaves of the trees. This is a map of the precipitation levels within the past 6 hours to show how much water the tree has gotten.  This is a map of the wetness of the sub-soil to show how much water the roots of the trees are                                                                            absorbing.                                                                 this is a video of some of the sounds that I could here If you can't hear, there are frogs in the shallow water right in front, birds in the trees all around, fish jumping in the water and crickets in the bushes and short grass in front Pictures of the area I am standing in: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bmqwcAPC19adrVyoFaJmjxtD6dBbmHAoAfSdKwhJFWI/edit

Maps of My Area

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            This is an overhead view/map of my area A pano of where I take my data. The tree with the ladybug ribbon is the tree that I am doing tests on. This is a video explaining the layout of the park from the standpoint of the tree/ the area I can see from where I am standing