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Airborne lidar is a surveying method that measures distance to a target from a survey plane by illuminating that target with a pulsed laser light, and measuring the reflected pulses with a sensor. Differences in laser return times and wavelengths can then be used to make digital 3D-representations of the target.

Airborne lidar is a surveying method that measures distance to a target from a survey plane by illuminating that target with a pulsed laser light, and measuring the reflected pulses with a sensor. Differences in laser return times and wavelengths can then be used to make digital 3D-representations of the target.

Anchored at the mouth of Big Sable Creek in Everglades National Park preparatory to 4-5 days field work on mangrove-associated fish and terrapins.

Yellowtop in bloom along the roadside, just south of the US 27/I-75 (Alligator
Alley) intersection.

Facing east, a panoramic view of Biscayne Bay. The mainland is seen at far
right. Biscayne Bay is an estuary, a place where freshwater and salt water
meet. Freshwater flow from the land supplies the bay with nutrients.

Marine vegetation and rocks seen through the surface of Biscayne Bay waters.

Looking eastward at the Tamiami Canal. Water Conservation Area 3 is to the
left and US 41 (Tamiami Trail) is to the right.

Panoramic of Water Conservation Area 3 landscape.

Beyond the mangrove key islets that make up the Ten Thousand Islands, lies
the Gulf of Mexico. The Ten Thousand Islands are comprised of hundreds of
mangrove islands that extend northward from the northwest corner of
Everglades National Park. These uninhabited islands stretch for 60-miles

Adult brown pelican posing on a boat dock at Everglades City, Florida.

Red patches of "baton-rouge" lichen stand out against the green understory of a
cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Dark green fronds of a shield fern stand out against a mostly royal fern
background, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Ephiphytes thrive among the tall cypress trees at Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge.

A boardwalk trail through the cypress swamp at Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge.

The red-tinted fronds of a leather fern, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Freshwater swamp in front of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Visitor
Center.

Swamp canopy and sky reflected in the swamp waters of Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge.

Freshwater swamp covered with the aquatic plants duckweed and water
spangles, at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Metal culverts within this canal's banks transport water between the
impoundments and the canal at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

A close-up of cattails found within the predominately cattail marsh of
impoundment #8 at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.

Freshwater, cypress swamp at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.