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The luggage returns ... sleeping bags, toothbrush, and clean clothes!! |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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The group under the Amarula Tree. The fruit from this tree is used to make a liquor found only
in South Africa. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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A view Tswaing Crater from the rim. The floor of the crater is filled with a saline lake
previously exploited for the salt and soda ash. |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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Robert DeJong from the Pretoria Cultural History Museum, our guide to Tswaing Crater talks
about the crater's history and role in recent civilization. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Group shot around the Shoemaker Memorial at Tswaing Crater. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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The memorial to Eugene Shoemaker at Tswaing Crater. Shoemaker was the first to prove that
craters like these were formed by meteor impacts. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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A hike around the crater rim and down to the lake took us through the local vegetation of
acacia trees and grasses. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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The lake in the bottom of Tswaing crater. Some of the group
are standing on the jetty which was built to drill a borehole (was this the one Tim
Partridge made to look at paleoclimate?). The dip in the crater rim behind the people is a
radial fault. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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The group at the floor of the Tswaing Crater. |
| Picture by Gilead Wurman |
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Walking through the grass covered floor of the Crater. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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A few people check out one of the abandoned drilling pipes used to bring up the saline and
soda-ash rich brine. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Ben Weiss lets loose playing soccer with the village children at the the traditional Ndebele
village near Tswaing Crater. Shane, James and Tim join in the fun. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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The village children at the Ndebele Village |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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The local women of the Ndebele village sell beaded crafts. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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The houses and walls of the village home are decorated with traditional geometric patterns in
bright colors. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Ndebele Village Hut. In these circular huts, the women and men must stay on opposite sides
of the hut inside. |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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The village children. |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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Sunset at the Ndebele Village. |
| Picture by Kristin Cook |
Day 3