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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Students collecting water samples on the Upper Mississippi River: Full resolution
Photo by Jerry Cox, USGS, UMESC, 2007
Usage: This image is public domain/of free use. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for more details.
