Palau--History--Pictorial works

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Badland faces and bluffs in miniature in the Baldok beds of volcanic tuff about 1/2 mile south of the village of Mengelang. Arekaland peninsula, north tip of Babelthuap Island. The tuffs have weathered to silt loams and silty clay loam. TWS [probably RWS, or Roy W. Simonson] to show scale."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The broadleaf evergreen saplings or small trees in the dense stands that have come up on stony coral sand and stony land, Brown Forest soil materials from limestone, near the east coast of central Peleliu Island. This vegetation, now slightly higher than the reconnaissance truck on the road, has come up over most of Angaur and Peleliu Islands since bombing or gunfire killed the former vegetation 3 years ago."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Red Latosols from volcanic tuffs with scattered pandanus in areas where grass has been burned, near Mengellang."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Deep cut to show soil and regolith from the Almonguii agglomerates along the old right-of-way for the ore railroad leading to the washing mill. This cut is evidently a little poor for mining, though soil is gravelly with concretions. The caves or bunkers were evidently dug by the Japanese expecting invasion. The small cars, now wrecked and partly burned, hauled about a ton of ore apiece."

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Abandoned bunkers near an ore railroad leading to a washing mill. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Nearer view of the cut in I45 to show the caves or bunkers more clearly."

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Garden of taro, sweet potatoes, and tapioca on the north side of Arakabesang Island. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Small garden of upland taro, tapioca, and sweet potatoes on red Latosol from andesitic agglomerate a short distance from site of I60. Single betelnut palm with feathery top in background, banana plants along edge of garden."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Part of a hilly landscape, some in grass in foreground and some in coconut palms in background, north of the village of Ngerekai. Vessel and Mason are the hikers."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Adeiddo River valley and adjacent uplands near the village of Ngardmau. The red soils in the foreground and distance are upland, whereas the dark ones in middle distance are the poorly drained soils of the floodplain proper. Some in forest and some in crops."

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Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Forest cover on the hilly uplands of red gravelly lateritic soils east of the village of Ngardmau and the bauxite mines, with the red gash in low hillside an excavated spot."

Scope and Contents Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Terraced area of red Latosols from andesitic agglomerate a short ways north of Ngerekai in a hilly landscape. The terraces are reported to have been here prior to Spanish occupation of the island four centuries ago. A few of the terraces were used by the Japanese, but essentially none are in use now. Grass, burned frequently by the Palauans, and scattered pandanus cover the land now. Seven terraces on the near slope, three on the far...