I took these photos while hiking Mount Tammany in Knowlton New Jersey. Pictured is the Delaware River as it runs through the Delaware Water Gap, dividing Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The mountain in the picture is Mount Minsi, the mountain we will be hiking later in the semester. The River has been running through the area for millions of years, cutting a hole through the mountain range slowly over time. Interstate 80 can also be seen following along the River, eventually crossing from NJ to PA. 
Month: September 2019 (Page 6 of 6)
Near the bottom of the stairs from Lafayette to Downtown Easton, there is an overlook on the Bushkill Creek. Hanging from a building across the way there is a curious curtain of 750 painted buoys suspended by steel wire. This display was created by an Environmental Artist, Stacy Levy, and is a temporary project for the Art of Urban Environments Festival.
The curtain moves with the wind, mimicking wind chimes, and also flows with the water when the creek is high. The flow and height are both depicted by the position of the display.
The erosion of the blue paint on the buoys does more than just looking pretty. The line of erosion, as depicted, mirrors the creek bed and gives more insight into the form of the creek that part of our campus is built upon.
An image of the river leading out of Fox glacier in New Zealand, behind this photo is where the glacier sat between the mountains. Seemingly innocuous, what’s frightening about this image is that this river runs through quite a lot of land that was once occupied by the glacier. While at this park, I read that the glacier had shrunk the same amount from 1950-2010 as it had from 1700-1950, the same amount of change in a matter of 60 years versus 250 years.
The picture above was taken at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, New Hampshire. Always being around rivers growing up in North Jersey, they have always been an important part of my life. Whenever my family traveled I always made it a focus point to travel to a nearby river. Two years ago, my family and I traveled up to New Hampshire to stay with some family friends. I was beyond excited for this trip because New Hampshire is a extremely water-based state. Many activities included fishing, crabbing, and it was home of the best lobster. When we made it to Odiorne State Park I fell in love. The river was blue as can be and was occupied by multiple fishing boats. The highlight of my trip to the park was walking along a rock trail that extended out to the middle of the river. Once I reached the end of the trail, I sat there, relaxed and at peace. The trip is definitely one of the best I have experienced.