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39._graphics 39_graphics detail 40_at VINE
Graphics at the SAFOD drill site. SAFOD (San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth) graphic detail (NSF). The irregated vineyard next to station VINE.
41_climb to BURN 42_station PIGH 43_at PIGH
Deceptively mild-looking from this angle, the climb to station BURN is tough. Equipment and tools are carried to the station sites. Lee Powell sets up station PIGH. Wild boar had loosened the soil at PIGH. The ground at the other stations was rock-hard.
44_from PIGH 45_more VINE 46_station CRAK
The road into PIGH is steep and sandy and the views are beautiful and dramatic. Lee drove back to station VINE to talk with Heather and Jake. This station is in a dry flat field. The crew can be seen in the distance through the fencing. Station CRAK, the last installation, on day two. The dry ground is heavily cracked in places.

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