I noticed water still sitting in the grate several days after it had rained. This reminded me of Becca and Michael’s presentation and how water would be trapped by the levees on either side of the river after a flood. It just found it interesting how the grate replicated this behavior.
On my way down to the gym I spotted some steam rising out of the ground. The path that it took was almost like the river, it winded into the air, heavily affected by the wind. I’d highly suggest checking it out at night, it’s very pretty. Does anyone know why this forms?
In continuing with the theme of seeing rivers in everyday objects, one morning I saw these streams made of frost. They connected and weaved almost like braided streams and even flowed into a large trunk stream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCQiaT1KcPo
This is the video from the talk on 11/7/2019 about the removal of dams. I found it interesting to see the affect on the communities and how their views quickly change after seeing the river return to its natural state. Specifically lots of fishermen seem happy about returning fish.
The other day walking around the campus, I saw all of the leaves blown into the corner of the road. It filled the same area that water would be if it were there. It gave the feeling of a stream of leaves.
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.
Today we traveled to the water treatment plant. I found it really interesting that the gates there used the same type of mechanism as the locks on the Delaware canal (as shown above). I guess if it works well there’s no reason to use any different system.
These two maps are of the Delaware canal that begins in Easton. For Tim’s and my StoryMap project we are researching the canal. I thought it would be great to show some of our progress and what you can do with the canal. The map on the left is a historic map with the locations of all of the locks. This is the path the coal carrying, mule pulled, boats would take to get to Easton. The map on the right is an updated map with all of the towns that the canal passes through on both sides of the river. It’s an amazing trip to take with plenty of good restaurants along the way if you have a bike and some free time.
This is the fish ladder between the Delaware River and the Lehigh River. It is near Easton around the start of the Delaware canal. The dam that is on the Lehigh blocks the path of migration for fish. This forcing of them to spawn elsewhere reduces the survival rate for eggs and newborn fish. In order to help this problem people build fish ladders to help fish follow their regular migration pack.
The ladder in Easton has a clear window to view the fish climbing the ladder. Unfortunately this specific ladder doesn’t have a good reputation of working very well.
These are monarch butterflies. Monarchs are unable to survive cold winters, so they migrate during the fall to southern Mexico. In forests there millions of monarchs will spend the winter before flying back north. Their migration creates a river through the air. It’s a beautiful sight to see and if you’ve never seen it just spend some time on the quad when it is just beginning to get cold. Monarchs have already had several close calls with extinction, so make sure to see them before they’re gone.
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