Black Tern Marsh At Mchenry Dam Wetlands

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Black Tern Marsh At Mchenry Dam Wetlands

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Roger Passman

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Photograph - Prints/licensing

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I shot this image in the pre sunrise hours, about 25 minutes prior to the sun breaking the horizon, while at Moraine Hills State Park in McHenry, Illinois. This image is of a creek leaving Leatherleaf Bog and entering the Black Tern Marsh, the two being separated by River Road. The descriptions below are taken from the DNR website for Moraine Hills State Park.

The 120-acre region known as Leatherleaf Bog is an excellent example of kettle-moraine topography. In geological terms, a kettle is a depression formed when an isolated block of glacial ice melts. The bog consists of a floating mat of sphagnum moss and leatherleaf surrounded by a moat of water. Marsh fern, marsh marigold, St. John's wort and several species of willow put down roots here. This creek leaves Leatherleaf Bog, crosses under River Road and flows through Black Tern Marsh. This image is of the Black Tern Marsh. The creek enters the Fox River downstream of the McHenry Dam,

Moraine Hills offers three examples of wetland enhancements. Yellow-head, Black Tern and Opossum Run marshes are samples of what can be accomplished with a little help from man.

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I donate 25% of the profits from the sale of this image to PROJECT ZERO: The Project to End Prostate Cancer in order to help develop better detection, prevention and a cure for this killer of males around the world.

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This image is, as are all my images, protected by international copyright conventions and may not be reproduced for commercial use without express written permission.

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Copyright � 2015 Roger Passman All Rights Reserved

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October 6th, 2014

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