Scanned aerial photograph showing quarter ditches

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A digital scan of an aerial photograph depicting “quarter ditches” in remnant rice fields adjacent a section of Folly Creek (South Carolina). The fields and surrounding vegetation appear deep green in contrast to the deep black of the waters flowing through. Four fading lines in the landscape outline the vestigial “quarter ditches.”

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