Mastodawn

See The Mississippi River’s Hidden History, Uncovered By Lasers
Using hyperprecise LiDAR data,. a cartographer [well, hydrographer!] maps the river’s bend and channels over time with mesmerizing results…
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar <-- shared technical / media article
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https://dancoecarto.com/ <-- shared @Daniel Coe portfolio and more
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https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p266001coll1/id/10015/ <-- shared Harold Fisk's 1944 USACE report, “The Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrography #hydrology #LiDAR #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #hydrogeomorphology #Mississippi #River #Fiske #cartography #visualisation #meandering #channels #landforms #floodplains #opendata #3DEP #topography #geomorphology #levees #dikes #oxbows #channel #paleohydrology
#DanielCoe | @nationalgeographic | #USGS | #USACE

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Nov 6

Permafrost Formation In A Meandering River Floodplain
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024AV001175 <-- shared paper
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“... KEY POINTS:
• River meandering resets permafrost development and vegetation succession by eroding old floodplain areas and depositing new land
• On the Koyukuk River, permafrost rapidly forms in new deposits, but it takes over 4 Kyr to develop to its full areal extent of 85%
• The rate of permafrost formation is likely linked to vegetation succession on younger and overbank deposition on older floodplain areas…”
#water #hydrology #permafrost #development #research #Alaska #river #stream #watercourse #channel #meandering #vegetation #spatialanalysis #erosion #floodplain #overbank #deposition #sedimentation #KoyukukRiver #riverdynamics #climate #climatechange #Arctic #environment #landform #geomorphology #dating #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #network #GIS #spatial #mapping

N-gated Hacker News Oct 12

🚀 Why write something insightful when you can meander through tech buzzwords without actually saying anything? 🤔 Dive into this riveting tale of non-committal comparisons and #philosophical #musings that could make a sloth look productive. 🙄
https://shreyanjain.net/2024/07/05/nostr-and-atproto.html #techbuzzwords #meandering #insights #productivity #HackerNews #ngated

shreyan - Nostr and ATProto

J Pleasant Sep 26

Out of commission this weekend so thinking back to a ride from last week. A few days to heal from surgery and I will be in good shape. #bearsonbikes #meandering

Swede’s Photographs Sep 24, 2025

Good morning. ⏰☕🚓

24 September 2025

It had just hit mealtime when I reached this point in the morning. I slipped on my shoes, let Charlie out back, and headed into the garage to fetch a pail of water—wait, hold up. That sounds suspiciously like a nursery rhyme. Something about Jack… was it Jack be nimble? 🤔 No, that’s not it. 🪣 Ah, got it—Jack and Jill went up the hill, and so on and so forth.

Okay, the train’s officially off the rails. Where was I again? 🙄 Right—the garage. I went out to grab a can of dog food. That little errand requires footwear because we live on a gravel road, and the tires drag that dusty mess into the garage like it’s trying to colonize the concrete.

Which brings us back to the shoes. I keep a pair of Skeeter’s Step-ins handy, and 99 times out of 100, those are my go-to—even when I venture out among the English. No laces for me. The slip-on style feeds my laziness beautifully. They even sport mock laces, designed to trick passersby into thinking I took the time to properly lace up. I mean, does anybody actually do that anymore?

That’s all for this morning—I’ve got places to be. The rest of today’s meanderings will have to wait until tomorrow’s dispatch.

“Ritual is the act of sanctifying action—even ordinary action—so that it has meaning.” — Christina Baldwin

“Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

“The mundane is where the sacred hides.” — Michael Meade

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #flowers #shoes #meandering #ramble

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Sep 10, 2025

Geologists Got It Wrong - Rivers Didn’t Need Plants To Meander
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250831010533.htm <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv4939 <-- shared paper
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#water #hydrology #hydrographic #river #meanders #meandering #sediment #vegetation #geomorphology #geomorphometry #geoscience #geology #riverdynamics #sinuosity #geometry #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatialanalyis #spatiotemporal #bank #pointbar #flow #stratigraphy #geologicrecord #braiding #biogeochemical #stabilised #banks #erosion #roots

Dag-Rune Z Jul 24, 2025

Enjoying a waterfall slowed down

The Kuang Si waterfalls south of Luang Prabang are famous as a visiting spot on a daytrip out from the town.
Even outside the landlocked country these waterfall complexes are famous. From the large waterfall upriver and the meandering river stream with its many smaller falls.
No wonder, it is a wonderful natural area. Spending time walking, relaxing and even take a bath on the designated spots is a half day well spent. The forest, flora and fauna are important parts in exploring this waterfall and stream.
Coming from a country so well endowed with river and river falls as mine in Scandinavia, I will still say Ta Kuang Si being worth the time, and the view.
Laos is using their many rivers and waterfalls to produce electric power for internal use and export. Hopefully they still let this waterfall be a reminder that there are other values in free river streaming and their waterfalls than money income.

There are trips done by car, minivans and tuktuk to this area from Luang Prabang. Food and drink services are available near the site.

#waterfall #river #meandering #veil #waterveil #stone #rainforest #2015 #naturephotography #landscapephotography #TatKuangSi #Waterfalls #Luang #Prabang #Laos #roadtrip #2015CE #luangprabang #luang #prabang #LaosPDR #Laos #Nikkor #NikonD800 #D800 #Nikon #20mm #f2_8 #countryside #simplelife #หลวงพระบาง : #ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ #Laotian #car2061 #buddhism #WorldCulturalHeritage