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  • The gators you don't see (in Mud Lake)

    Trust me:
    There's lots of gators down there.

    Mud Lake looking northeast, April 2011.
    Only you can't see them because they are too small ...

    Or rather, what I mean is that we're too high, instead. There are some big ones down there. As waters [...]
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  • Swamp gator's last refuge

    Gators living deep in the swamp interior don't have the luxury of a human-dug canal ' [...]
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  • "The gator you don't see"

    There's a saying in the swamp:

    "The most dangerous gator is the one you don't see."

    The gator you don't see, "road-side canal" style
    That's especially the case for the ones that are habituated to humans in areas that are frequently fished or free handouts [...]
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  • Playing it safe

    Always keep a safe distance around gators! [...]
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  • Gator takes cover

    Gator hangs out a tiny pool of water ...

    This gator hole had an interesting design:
    The willow worked like a shady cave which led out into a deeper-water crease
    on one side of which was an elevated bank for sunning and probably a [...]
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  • Panorama of gator hole

    I'm standing on an elevated bank next to the deeper water. ' [...]
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  • Alligator oasis

    Gators are usually pretty well prepared for the spring drought:

    As shown in this video, everywhere I could see in this part of the Everglades was crunchy dry by mid March ... the exception being this wet oasis in the middle of an isolated marsh.

    Gators like to bathe in their [...]
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  • Staying cool

    There are two gators in this photo [...]
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  • Swollen Red River finally crests!

    I’m a hydrologist who believes in closing the loop.

    By loop, of course, I mean “water cycle.”

    Untitled from chris dorsey on Vimeo
    A week ago I posted a hydrograph on the Red River which, in the days ahead, was ready to burst out of [...]
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  • Sea of "no name" domes

    Cypress domes are arguable the swamp's most iconic form [...]
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