Rivers on campus. After the big rain storm we received the past week I was walking back from dinner and found a river in the middle of campus.
Month: October 2019 (Page 1 of 4)
While searching in the ArcGIS gallery to find some inspiration for the Story Map Project, I read the article about the history of Maine River that the librarian showed in class. Humans in different periods in history react to the same river in different ways, but they all depend on the river. I found this means a lot. Many years ago before Europeans came to colonize this place, native American settlers in Maine utilized everything in natural surroundings to canoeing on the river to survive. Around the 19th century, the famous writer Thoreau wrote a book called “The Maine Woods” to narrate his three canoe trips in central Maine. Nowadays, canoeing on rivers in Maine becomes a recreational activity for people and provides business opportunities for organizations that offer trips.
While walking to class by way of the Quad, I noticed I had a temptation to cut across the Quad to shorten my trip to Pardee Hall. This experience reminded me of something similar to what Eddy Harris experienced while traveling down the Mississippi River in the book ‘Mississippi Solo’. There was a part of his journey where he thought cutting across the river’s meander would make his trip shorter and was tempted to do so.
The other day I was biking on the Delaware Canal and I passed by the Delaware Canal state park office. To my surprise I found the kayaks that we used on our trip! I just thought it was cool to see them again.
Over fall break I took this photo of boat house row. Boat house row sits on the Schuylkill river in downtown Philadelphia. I thought it was interesting how calm the water is in this picture, and I feel like the boat houses amplify the presence of the river.
Over fall break I was hiking in Bucks County and stumbled upon this little creek. It was very quiet and tranquil, not quite moving with the same quick speed that the Bushkill does. It was a very pretty place to stop and pause and watch the natural life occurring around the creek.
The Balkan country is known for its free-flowing rivers, being free from dams and other developments. However, hydropower plants built by companies are starting to appear. 14 have already been built in Montenegro since 2013. However, campaigners have decided to come together to fight against the mini-plants which they say will cause environmental damage. The youth movements have organized protests and protecting the rivers.
Love the patterns on this back-lit leaf. Autumn is a special time
As I was going through my social media the other day I had come across a phenomenon called crown shyness,”In which the crowns of fully stocked trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps. ” This Phenomenon usually happens with trees of the same species. Although I have not seen this happening on campus I found the channel gaps looking very similar to a river map with its contributing tributaries.