Santa Rita Experimental Range
Repeat Photography

Photo Station #119

Photo Archive No. 119.1.1936.08

Permanent No. 344257. Temporary No. 2439. Photo Station #119. Whitehouse Canyon road, 1/8 mile south of bridge. 150 yards east to first draw. Small draw with well-grassed slope, slender and sideoats gramas being the principal grasses. In the bottom of the draw mesquite and mimosa shrubs are effectively preventing erosion. Photograph taken in pasture 8. Photo by Cribbs, S.R.E.R. 8/25/36. 104-C.

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Photo Archive No. 119.1.1988.04

PS-119. Azimuth 188. April 12, 1988. RFB. Canon AE-1 camera. 35mm WA lens. Robert F. Buttery. Not exact field of view as in earlier photo.

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Photo Archive No. 119.1.2000.05

PS 119. May 17, 2000, 2:04 p.m. Facing south. Azimuth 188. Pasture 4. ASA 135, Plus X film. 35mm lens focal length. Marked post on edge of actively-cutting wash. Photo taken 10' north of post. Large shrubs in wash are Baccharis and Celtis. Two mimosa at fencepost. Under tree are sideoats, Eragrostis lehmanniana, Boer's lovegrass, graythorn. Two small mesquite behind large mesquite in 1936 photo, one alive, one dead. M. McClaran.

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