2007 Report - Photo gallery

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Trip 1 - Igneous Stratigraphy of the Poplar Lake Intrusion

Landing at Stop 4 (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

Paul Weiblen protecting an ophitic leuco gabbro norite (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

The sun shining through the Haze from the Ham Lake fire (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

Approaching Stop 11 (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

Lunch at Stop 11 (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

Steve Kissin drains his canoe, blissfully unaware he has just won the Homer award (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

A dripping Steve Kissin after his impromptu dip (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

The flotilla heading off to the next outcrop (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Examining the outcrop by boat (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Jim Miller explaining the outcrop (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

The Portage Lake field crew (photo courtesy of Jim Miller)

Trip 2 - Geologic and Cultural History of Grand Portage National Monument

Grand Portage as seen from Mt. Rose (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

The stockade at Grand Portage as seen from Mt. Rose (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Dave Cooper (National Park Service) lecturing on the history of Grand Portage (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Coffee break (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Dave Cooper (National Park Service) lecturing on the history of Grand Portage (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Laurel Woodruff talks tough with Daniela Vallini (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Laurel Woodruff talks tough with Brian Philips (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Lunch at the Great Hall (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Brian Philips on the Grand Portage trail (photo courtesy of Bill Cannon)

Trip 3 - Midcontinent Rift - Related Mafic Intrusions North of the International Border

Mark Smyk and Pete Hollings explaining the regional geology (photo courtesy of Terry Boerboom)

The group gathered on the Rove Formation at Stop 3 (photo courtesy of Pete Hollings)

Phil Fralick explaining the Rove sedimentary rocks at Stop 3 (photo courtesy of Terry Boerboom)

The Meeting

The main lodge at Lutsen (photo courtesy of Al MacTavish)

The icebreaker (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Laurel Woodruff opens the meeting (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

A packed house (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

The peanut gallery (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Len Espinosa and Bill Addison (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Ron Seavoy (left) and Tom Hart (right) present the Goldich Medal to Joe Mancuso (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Past winners of thw Homer Award look on as Jim struggles with the technology (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Paul Weiblen lends a hand (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

More help (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Mark "the stand-up king" Smyk entertains the crowd (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Steve Kissin receives the Homer award (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk). Anyone interested in seeing the infamous powerpoint presentation that came with the award can find it here

Terry Boerboom hard at work at the banquet (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

The student paper committee and the winners (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

More of the peanut gallery (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Trip 4 - Geology and Cu-Ni-PGE Mineralization - Nickel Lake Macrodike, South Kawishiwi Intrusion

Paul and Dean examining the map (photo courtesy of Dean Peterson)

Lunch on Day 2 (photo courtesy of Dean Peterson)

On the outcrop (photo courtesy of Dean Peterson)

Dean Peterson explaining the gelology at the start of the trip (photo courtesy of Al MacTavish)

Graham Wilson in his preferred environment (photo courtesy of Al MacTavish)

Trip 5 - Geology of the North Shore from Little Marais to Grand Marais

Terry Boerboom, Jim Miller and John Green explaining the geology of the North Shore (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Large quartz amygdule partially weathered out of basalt flow at stop 1 (photo courtesy of Terry Boerboom)

The group gathered at the Terrace Point lookout south of Grand Marais (photo courtesy of Terry Boerboom)

Pete Hollings meditating on the flow basalts at Sugarloaf (photo courtesy of Terry Boerboom)

Participants examining the Schroeder basalts. Left to right John Green, Carissa Isaac, Jim Walsh, Randy Strobel, Steve Hauck, and Dan England (photo courtesy of Terry Boerboom)

Amethyst geode (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Examining the flows at Sugarloaf (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Consulting the maps (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Mark Smyk (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Examining the rocks at Sugarloaf (photo courtesy of Mark Smyk)

Trip 6 - Geology along the Gunflint Trail (because of forest fires the trip was diverted to Thunder Bay where the participants looked at ejecta from the Sudbury impact)

Paul Weiblen explaining the geology (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Paul Weiblen explaining the geology (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Phil Fralick (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Phil Fralick (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Mike Mudrey sporting the trendy new head geear debuted on the trip (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Bob Luedke and Greg Brumpton (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Tom Hart. John Heine and Peter Juneau (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Mike Mudrey and Bill Addison (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Examining the stromatolites near the current river (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Daniela Vallini on the tsunamite (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Examining the tsunami deposits (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Karl and his wife on the beach at Lutsen (photo courtesy of Karl D. Everett)

Phil Fralick explaining the impact story from a sedimentological point of view (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Mark Jirsa and Bill Cannon enjoy lunch along the Current River (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Mike Mudrey models the latest in fashionalble head gear (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Mark Jirsa's "famous" chicken impersonation (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

Invading the front yard of a friendly local to examine tsunami deposits (photo courtesy of Len Espinosa)

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