Images

Paper Powell is posed in the bow of a boat relaxing upon calm waters and in the morning shade within the canyon.

The SCREE team gathered around John Weisheit overlooking Rapid 15. John Weisheit is a river guide who has made over 400 trips through Cataract Canyon. He is describing to the SCREE team the line to take through the forthcoming sets of rapids.

Tess Harden and Rick Moscati (the USGS participants for this river segment) pose for a "selfie" in front of the "Danger" sign preceeding Cataract Canyon.

The SCREE flotilla in the calm waters of Stillwater Canyon

Sunset view, looking east, at Turks Head campsite, Green River, Mile 21.

Sunset view, looking west, at Turks Head campsite, Green River, Mile 21.

Our media or film crew, Ben Kraushaar and Cody Perry, floating by the Organ Rock Shale in their boat filled with A/V equipment.

Three SCREE hikers traversing a thin hiking trail to the saddle that separates the two arms of the Green River that defines the Bowknot Bend at Mile 63.

Taken from the saddle, a panoramic view of the Bowknot Bend of the Green River. The Bowknot Bend is 7 river miles around. Erosion will eventually shorten the river course considerably.

At about Mile 102 you can see Dellenbaugh Butte, which is also known as The Anvil, or Inkwell Butte. Powell camped here July 14, 1869. The majority of the butte is composed of the Summerville Formation.

This was the morning view from my tent at our camp (Mile 90) at Trin-Alcove Bend.

SCREE film maker, Ben Kraushaar, passes under I-70 at Green River, UT. The next time he will see a bridge over his boat will be 166 river miles away, on the Colorado River, at Hite, UT.

Details of Crystal Geyser can be found at https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/geosights/crystal-geyser/ Photo shows tufa deposits at the geyser deposited by disolved calcium carbonate.

Powell 150 participant Paul Larmer, publisher of High County News, viewing the Green River, UT from the peak at School Section camp during the SCREE-USGS expedition, June 2019

Boats in Desolation Canyon along the Green River, UT during the SCREE-USGS expedition, June 2019

Jaime Delano (USGS) , Graham Lederer (USGS), and Ben Capelin (SCREE) as the expedition departs from Split Mountain Campground. The media team of Ben Kraushaar and Cody (last name unknown) follw the other boats while filiming.

As Split Mountain slowly retreats from view, expedition leader Tom Minckley and Jaime Delano make their way steadily down river.

Pat Kikut and Graham Lederer move quietly by the beautiful geologic formations along the Green River.

In the desert, mother nature provides us with curved and sharp edged shapes, thorns and soft cottonny seeds, as well as brilliant and subdued colors side by side. The desert seems to have a bit of everything.

Bill Burton studies a fossil as the sun sets over the Uintah Basin.

Bill Burton follows the natural sand trail back to camp made by runnoff in a dry wash as the setting sun makes all the grasses glisten as they sway in the breeze.