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A wide view of the Horse Creek watershed, looking across the Sisquoc River. The dam was located approximately 850 feet upstream of the confluence.
HorseCk Wide TDunklin Viewed: 825 times.
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Panoramic view of the concrete dam, the evening before the blast. 6'4" Matt Stoecker is standing on top of the dam.
HorseCk Pano Ou TDunklin Viewed: 931 times.
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Panoramic before and after-blasting comparison of the site
HC Bef-Aft 10 4 TDunklin Viewed: 916 times.
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Wide view of the cloud of dust and debris, just after the blast
HorseCk Blast 03 TDunklin Viewed: 807 times.
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Group photo of the damolition team
HorseCk GroupPhoto 101806 TDunklin Viewed: 877 times.
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Press Release from Los Padres National Forest
horse canyon dam removal oct1906 150 Viewed: 803 times.
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the initial blast - note that the flaming explosion only lasts about 1/30th of a second before being extinguished by dust and debris. Video and frame capture by Thomas B. Dunklin Viewed: 761 times.
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one second into the blast Viewed: 652 times.
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two seconds into the blast - note the flying rocks-video and frame capture by Thomas B. Dunklin Viewed: 591 times.
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The dam, just prior to ignition - video by Matt Stoecker Viewed: 606 times.
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The initial blast - primer cord going off - video by Matt Stoecker *Viewed: 861 times.
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into the blast - video by Matt Stoecker Viewed: 692 times.
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flying rocks and debris - video by Matt Stoecker Viewed: 597 times.
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more debris - video by Matt Stoecker Viewed: 590 times.
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just before the camera gets hit by a rock (it survived, just fine) - video by Matt Stoecker Viewed: 594 times.
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This oblique view shows the many miles of habitat above the dam. Steelhead spawning and rearing is now possible again
HorseCk_oblique_GE_tbd.jpg Viewed: 825 times.
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A two minute MPEG video of the blasting of the Horse Creek dam, located east of Santa Maria in the Los Padres National Forest. Video by Thomas Dunklin and Matt Stoecker. Music by Ivan Kupala (Russian techno-grannies).
HorseCreek Blast Viewed: 261 times.
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Horse Creek Dam blasting Clip, with no musical soundtrack.
HorseCreek Blast noMusic *Viewed: 329 times.
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