Mastodawn

Pan-European Assessment Of Coastal Flood Hazards
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1859-2026 <-- shared paper
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#coast #coastal #flood #flooding #model #modeling #Europe #UK #naturalhazard #extremeweather #bathtub #dynamic #stormsurge #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #assessment #water #hydrology #marine #hydrography #hydrograph #meansealevel #MSL #tides #waves #tidal #parameters #DEM #dynamicmodels #floodplain #literaturereview

Maikel de Bakker 4d ago

Last week, sitting on our terrace, I pointed my Canon 5D Mark IV with the Sigma 100–400mm toward something both familiar and almost impossible to truly grasp: the Moon.

What we see as a calm, steady presence has a violent origin. The leading theory suggests that around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized body—often called Theia—collided with the early Earth. The debris from that impact eventually coalesced into the Moon. A cosmic accident, shaping everything that followed.

And yet, most illustrations fail to capture its true scale and distance.

In books, the Moon is often shown close to Earth, almost within reach. In reality, it orbits at an average distance of about 384,400 kilometers. You could line up roughly 30 Earths between them. That space is vast—so vast that the Moon, despite its size, appears small in our sky.

And still, its influence is enormous.

It stabilizes Earth’s axial tilt, helping maintain a relatively stable climate. Its gravitational pull drives the tides, shaping coastal ecosystems and possibly even playing a role in the early development of life.

Captured at 400mm, this image brings it closer—compressing that immense distance into something we can hold in a frame.

A reminder that some of the most distant things are also the most essential.

#Moon #LunarPhotography #Astrophotography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #Telephoto #NightPhotography #Space #Astronomy #TheiaImpact #MoonFormation #CosmicHistory #EarthAndMoon #Tides #GravitationalForces #ScienceInNature #Universe #NightSky #Stargazing #SpaceLovers #NatureAndScience #EarthFromSpace #HiddenScale #CosmicPerspective #LightInDarkness #ThroughTheLens #ByMaikeldeBakker #MaikeldeBakkerPhotography #WonderingLens

Steam & Epic Games | Daily Apr 28

⚡️ ARC Raiders big update Riven Tides drops April 28. PSSR 2 arrives on PS5 Pro, TOMORROW we dive in.

On "Shattered Tides", a desert coast with a giant shipyard and an abandoned resort; meet a new foe, Turbine; the map state "Scouring the Shore" adds a detector (uses a weapon slot) to dig up loot buried in sand, loot quality varies and rich zones are easy to snipe. Also: two items to reduce fall damage; event "Last Resort" (until May 2...

#SteamAndEpic #Resort #Tides #PS5 #Shattered #Available

CBC Canada Apr 26

Kinew now banks on Port of Churchill alone to change Manitoba's financial tides
After stating last fall that three pending Manitoba megaprojects could wean this province off federal equalization payments within 10 years, Premier wab Kinew now says only a Port of Churchill expansion can transform the provincial economy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-kinew-megaprojects-analysis-9.7177015?cmp=rss

CBC Manitoba Apr 26

Steam & Epic Games | Daily Apr 23

🌊 Tides of Tomorrow, a post-flood action-adventure from Digixart and THQ Nordic.

You play a memory-less tidewalker trying to save humanity from the "plastemia", a deadly illness caused by plastic-choked oceans. The headline feature is asynchronous multiplayer: the world shifts based on what friends or streamers you follow do. Burned bridges, looted villages, they stay in the world, and your choices determine your ending while seeding...

#SteamAndEpic #Tomorrow #Digixart #Nordic #Burned #Tides

Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Apr 20

Ukkusiksalik: The Bay with Reversing Falls

Ukkusiksalik National Park in Nunavut is centred on Wager Bay, a 100-km-long saltwater inlet. At the bay's narrow entrance, powerful tides create 'reversing falls,' a turbulent spectacle of water flowing against itself. The area is also known for its high concentration of polar bears that gather on shore during the summer. #Canada #Ukkusiksalik #Nunavut #Tides 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukkusiksalik_National_Park