Late Summer 2010...

The dry weather has dramatically reduced the pond water level. Below are before and then after three days of rain totally near 2.5 inches. Notice that in the eastward view before the rain the entire foreground region in the shadow is simply a mudflat.
The storm also took down a tree on the path north of the pond.
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