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Aerial photograph taken over the ACE Basin

2012

Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A high-contrast digital aerial photograph depicting remnant rice fields in the ACE Basin area of South Carolina. The fields appear as various shades of green, while water in the vestigial canals appears black. “Quarter” ditches are clearly visible between the primary canals.

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Catalog reference: 2014.216.106

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