| imageID: | 18665 |
| Description: | timberline on San Francisco Peaks |
| Keywords: | personnel meteorological equipment period attire elevational gradient meteorology study |
| Organisms: | engelmann spruce |
| Original collection id: | 041427 |
| Media: | black and white media |
| Collection: | Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs |
| Quality: | 3 |
| People: | unknown |
| Location: | San Francisco Mountains; AZ; United States |
| Date(yyyy): | 1918 |
| Comments: | Fort Valley elevational gradient meteorology study; Timberline on Mt. Agassiz, San Francisco Mts., altitude 11,500 feet. The stand here is pure Engelmann spruce. The tops are killed by the wind, which here sweeps over the ridge from the north. Photo on ridge, west exposure. Snow 6-8 feet deep. Meteorological station 11a within a few feet. |
| Citation: | Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation: Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0005 |
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