Where did I spend my spring break? In the field of course. One of the highlights was my successful collection of 100s of photographs of my favorite reach of the Bill Williams River using my Gigapan robot. The image below is composed of 798 individual photographs. It was a perfect day (though breezy) to grab a gigapan...nice temp, perfect light, etc. It also came on the heels of a recent dam release flow of ~3000 cfs and provides nice perspectives on what that flow did (or didn't) do to the channel as well as the status of the riparian vegetation. There is a huge amount of information in this image, and I have only started to create 'snapshots'  of key areas.  So far have focused mainly on vegetation on the older surfaces. The river has a very complicated recent geomorphologic an hydrologic history related to dam operations upstream that have greatly reduced peak discharges; greatly attenuated and protracted flood hydrographs; and virtually eliminated 'zero-flow' years. The presence of the dam has also enabled the releases of experimental hydrographs that have had notable and important impacts on the riparian corridor. I have a lot to say about the Bill Williams (as do several of my colleagues) and will probably trickle some more data and images out as I finally wrap-up my mapping there over the next month or so. Check it out: To really explore the image and create snapshots (please, dear colleagues) visit the Gigapan.org site: http://www.gigapan.org/media/gigapans/44974/