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18.56.33</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-21T22:17:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/10/09/dotted-gayfeather-your-roadside-color-for-october/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-10T01:28:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/08/05/mexican-ground-squirrel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ground-squirrel-abilene1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ground-squirrel-abilene1</image:title><image:caption>not a prairie dog!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prairie-dog-abilene1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prairie-dog-abilene</image:title><image:caption>prairie 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ground squirrel</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-11T07:10:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/08/03/brazos-phantom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clearfork.png</image:loc><image:title>Clear fork of the Brazos</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunrise1-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fort Phantom Sunrise</image:title><image:caption>Sunrise over Lake Fort Phantom, Abilene, Texas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/sunrise1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sunrise1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/clearfork1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>clearfork1</image:title><image:caption>Aerial view of Brazos diversion pipeline. 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Photo courtesy of Library of Congress</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-20T17:57:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/07/15/not-nocturnal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/skunk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>skunk</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-15T00:46:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/07/13/detention-pond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-12-16-09-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2015-07-12 16.09.10</image:title><image:caption>Detention pond in eastern Abilene before a rainstorm.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07-08-17-32-51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2015-07-08 17.32.51</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/abilene_drainage2.png</image:loc><image:title>Drainage-of-Abilene-Texas</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/abilene_drainage-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Abilene-drainage</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-13T12:08:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/05/24/fill-a-lake/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/phantomshed1.png</image:loc><image:title>Phantom water</image:title><image:caption>Click to view full size</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/phantomshed.png</image:loc><image:title>Fort-Phantom-watershed-Abilene</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/drought_d.png</image:loc><image:title>Texas-drought</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-13T01:26:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/07/08/grab-a-paddle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/7_7rain.png</image:loc><image:title>rain-Abilene-Texas-July</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-09T01:31:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/05/29/five-years-of-drought-animated/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/drought_fin.gif</image:loc><image:title>drought-Texas-gif</image:title><image:caption>Five years of drought animated</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-29T05:21:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/05/28/goldilocks-wouldnt-like-texas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rainfallmay.png</image:loc><image:title>RainfallMay</image:title><image:caption>Rainfall totals so far this May (inches).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015_5_27drought1.png</image:loc><image:title>Drought and Lake Levels</image:title><image:caption>A comparison between the USDA Drought Index and Texas Lake Levels.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015_5_27drought.png</image:loc><image:title>drought and lake levels texas</image:title><image:caption>A comparison between the USDA Drought Index and Texas Lake Levels.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/phantom-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gar-phantom-abilene</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/phantom-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gar-fort-phantom-abilene</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://instantemense.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/phantom-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gar-abilene-texas-phantom</image:title><image:caption>Gar at the effluent outflow in Fort Phantom Lake.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-02T12:07:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/05/19/29/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-19T22:02:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com/2015/05/19/story-fragment-1/</loc><lastmod>2015-05-19T21:01:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://instantemense.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-04-05T03:05:09+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
