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The MCSAR team was waiting for the 2nd dive team the same afternoon. |
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They had rigged an English Reeves system of the shaft leading down to the sump area. |
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Kerry and Glenda Littrell of the Madison County Search and Rescue team. |
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MCSAR members loading dive equipment to be lowered to the support crew below. |
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Shannon and Michael ready for the upstream biodiversity survey. |
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Shannon gets himself centered over the shaft before descending 170'. |
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Looking upsteam into sump 1. Here is where we met the science team walking upsteam from the natural entrance. |
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Brian Wagner, Shannon Wallace, and David Kampwerth waiting for Michael Budde to descend down the shaft. |
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Brian, Michael, Shannon, and David. It can get crowded down here pretty quick. |
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Brian Moore joins the fun. The lower shaft walls were producing quite the spring shower. |
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Michael and Shannon getting geared up for the dive. |
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Looking downstream from the shaft area. Nice walking stream passage. |
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Standing around waiting for the dive team to return... |
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One had to work to stay dry though... |
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The dive team returns after about 1.5 hours. |
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One of the crayfish being examined by Brian Wagner. |
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The samples were sent up to the surface for measurements and dna samples before being returned to where they were captured. |
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Brian checks out another crayfish. Be interesting to see if these are the same as Nesbitts' species. |
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Brian got a neat shot looking up the shaft. |
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Finishing off extracting divers and gear Saturday evening. |
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The next day Bob and Brian got back to sump 3 but found bad visibility. We managed to get some pictures in the 2nd Lake Room. |
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Note the neat formation towards the upper right. |
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This is pretty unique looking at horizontally growing formations. |
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Looking downstream from the 3rd sump area. Brian is at the bottom of the picture. |
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There's quite a bit of this on the ceiling. |
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This is a real pretty area. |
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Mike and Shawn worked support both days. Good work, guys, it's appreciated! |
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The Madison County Search and Rescue team. A big Thank You from the OCDA for all your assistance! |
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