Aerial photograph of old rice fields adjacent the Ashepoo River

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A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of the Ashepoo River. The Ashepoo’s main channel is seen along the image’s bottom edge, while a tributary can be seen flowing from the right side of the top edge to the bottom left corner. A remnant rice field occupies much of the image’s center, with the exception of two cluster of trees along the image’s left and right edges. In the top right corner, an adjacent field is visible. A prominent canal demarcates its boundaries, while “quarter ditches” create perfectly parallel lines in its grass.

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