The pictures below represent the early stage of spring vegetation growth. View toward southeast with the city of Hartford in the background. Various agricultural landuse is present in the foreground on the floodplain and low terraces of the Neosho River valley. Note lush green hay fields in middle distance. Potholes in this portion of the study site hold water well and display early-spring growth of sedge.
Road is the western boundary of the study site.
The two dark spots to left are shadows of two large rokkaku kites used to lift the camera rig in a light breeze. Another KAP session was conducted on May 26, 2001. A brisk wind blew from the west and west-northwest, and a Sutton Flowform 16 kite was utilized to lift KAP rigs. Digital images were acquired along with color-infrared film photographs. During the period since the April images were acquired, little precipitation fell and the soil was noticably drier.