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Shown here is a cool picture of water being released at 300,000 gallons per second in the spring of 2008. This was part of a revitalization effort for the ecosystem of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. Estimate the Reynolds number of the pipe flow. Is it laminar or turbulent? (Hint For a length scale, approximate the height of the man in the blue shirt directly above time pipe to be 6 ft.)
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