View allAll Photos Tagged Runoff
its been raining quite a bit lately, and the beach creeks are back up to regular strength... (with my house reflected in the upper right corner)
Warm May weather has triggered an early runoff in the creeks, streams and rivers. We are at least 2 weeks ahead of average stream flow for this date.
This is called the Cascade Falls area of Chalk Creek. The leaves are not fully out yet.
And a productive photographic 2025 TO YOU ALL
This shot: Crowfoot Glacier AB Canada
From the Icefields Parkway AB
About 34 km (21 miles) northwest of Lake Louise, the Crowfoot Glacier is one of the first glaciers you see on the Icefields Parkway. Situated on the northeastern side of Crowfoot Mountain, the glacier overlooks Bow Lake---if you stop at the Bow Lake pullout, you can see the glacier and mountain on the other side of the lake. Runoff from the glacier flows into the Bow River, which runs from Banff National Park to the City of Calgary and beyond to the prairies.
“Because of all the rain we’ve had recently, it has created a runoff from the hills around Seacombe Cliffs, creating a torrent of water which now flows into the sea.”
The mountain snowmelt runoff season has not really begun, but with average temperatures in the forecast, it will begin soon. The river is quiet and docile right now but will really get going in the next few weeks. In past years flows have been as high a 4000 cf/s in this narrow channel. The Arkansas River in Chaffee and Fremont Counties is one of the most popular whitewater rafting and kayaking rivers in the state.
Whats up everyone! Hope you guys are all out there doing well! It's been a while since I've posted on here, I think maybe my first post of the new year over here. Anyway, I hadn't posted a seascape image in a hot minute, so here's something from the Sonoma Coast, that I shot a little while back while hanging out with my buddy Bob Bowman. I was running around like a mad man on this morning, trying to work various compositions as the light started to get good. Fun times!
On our way home after the October Fest in Leavenworth, WA. I liked the pattern on the cliff side. We were driving towards Grand Coolie Dam when we decided to explore some side roads. Explore on 9/12/2024
Abstracting at the Grand Prismatic. The foreground seems like cells dividing. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2017
Best viewed large by pressing "L". All rights reserved
After a quick scan I can confidently conclude this was taken on the trail to the North Falls. During the early winter storm in '24, I took the advantage to get snow/ice waterfall photos. Which funnily I have yet to upload, I've uploaded a river shot a couple months ago and now this, but no falls yet.
The North Falls is actually a much easier one to hit on the trail as it has it's own parking further up the road. Nothing particularly noteworthy to say about the trail itself beyond the fact that it is a mystical snowy forest, but nothing to take composition wise. When I got to the falls and started descending, I noticed a wall of icicles which would be perfect. I tried taking an upward shot, but I think the sideshot worked better. It just looked unusual cause there weren't many ledges on the moss covered rock, which means it had to have been recent dew or rainfall, which was just perfect for guys like me. And also because I could tamper with the focus in the long run.
And tamper with the focus I did. A friend convinced me to try it since the sky was still a bit too distracting (ever blasted white sky grrrr). But with the trees out of question too, it did in fact serve it's purpose and the the icicles are in fact the subjects of the image as a result. I wish I had something more interesting to talk about this time around. But it was simply a weekend trip, and there wasn't much effort to get this, it was just a trailside shot.
More abstracting at the Grand Prismatic. This is a focus stack of two images as there wasn't enough depth of field to get it all sharp in one frame. This one has an interesting mix of different lines, colors, textures and patterns. It made for a good blur too (coming later). Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2017
Best viewed large by pressing "L". All rights reserved
"The Mimico watershed is a completely urbanized watershed within Toronto and Region Conservation’s jurisdiction, with over 30% of its landmass featuring industrial land-uses and over 60% of its reach artificially channelized.
As a watershed shaped so extensively by human intervention, its management requires close attention to the protection, enhancement and expansion of its remaining natural systems and the improvement of its water quality by improving and limiting urban storm water runoff.
Humber Bay Park on Toronto’s waterfront is often mistaken as the mouth of the Humber River, but is in fact the mouth of Mimico Creek. Up until the 1970s, when the two large landfill parks (Humber Bay Parks East and West) were constructed on either side of the Mimico’s mouth, the creek flowed directly into the lake below Lake Shore Boulevard West."
We have visited Bombay Beach on the Salton Sea several times over the past several years. Some art installations endure from year to year. The painted walls of deteriorated buildings are painted and repainted constantly with many painters adding the year in which their work was done, some also add their name.
This building is likely part of the Bombay Beach Biennale which occurs on random dates in the spring. The Biennale was founded in 2015 to provide renegade artistic, musical and philosophical expression outside of commercial galleries and events. It also highlights the ecological crisis of the Salton Sea. While thousands of people attend the party and many contribute art, music and performances of every description, we must have visited during a hiatus as we saw almost no one.
The permanent population of the town of Bombay Beach is around 230. In the 50's and 60's the Salton Sea was a premier destination for water skiing, boating and fishing but as agricultural runoff and increased salinity killed the fish and poisoned the water, the area was largely abandoned leaving many buildings to be repurposed for artistic expression. In recent years, artists and other creative people have returned to the town and thousands attend the Biennale events.
Hollyford Road always offers an interesting drive and always time well spent. The weather wasn't on our side on the day, but it was a great day to putter down the road.
The wonderful Grand Prismatic Spring and Midway Geyser Basin are always a favorite place for me on any visit to Yellowstone.
Camera Nikon D800
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 14 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -1/3 EV
View the entire Yellowstone Set.
View my - Most Interesting according to Flickr
Last night's heavy snowfall left more quickly than it had arrived and took with it much of its beauty. But the rapid Melting Runoff left behind this overflow at a favorite local dam.