End of August view of the silt laden Matanuska River as colors transition. Thank you all for stopping by!

The wool weavers harbor was dug in 1609. This was decided to help solve the problem of the silting up of the New harbor due to flooding. The excavated sand was used to construct quays on both sides, one of which would later be given the same name as the harbor. In the early years, the port was still referred to as The New harbor, which is located south of the wool weavers harbor. The quay was initially named new storage

, named after the place where goods are unloaded and stored.. Eventually the harbor was named after the cloth makers or wool weavers who had settled on the quay. During a meeting in 1645 it was decided to also build houses on the quay. Initially there were fourteen. The image of the wool weavers harbor was determined by the a defensive wall. at the entrance of the harbour, where the Damiate Bridge was laid in 1639. This bridge connects two quays the wool weavers harbor and the Coopers harbor. In the 17th, but especially in the 18th century, the wool weavers harbor increasingly became a place where the elite settled. The area changed from a place of storage and industry into a stately residential area, so that living in a large house on the harbor gradually gave more and more status. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was still a place where the wealthy lived. More than one sixth of the inhabitants of Dordrecht belonged to the well-to-do bourgeoisie or elite. The Wolwevershaven was one of the most affluent streets in the city.

Thanks everyone for sending good wishes on my birthday yesterday. I had a good birthday a pleasant long lunch in a favourite restaurant , generous gifts of wine, books and chocolate.

I took this a couple of weeks ago when we had a stroll on the South bank of the Humber. I did not take a camera as I thought I had enough images of the Humber Bridge . However this colourful scene in Barton Haven was quite appealing thankfully I had the phone. As you can see the Humber Bridge does make an appearance in the background . As for the Haven its pretty silted up it would need a pretty high tide to get a boat in or out of here and onto the Humber

Taken on my phone

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Bisti Wilderness

New Mexico

One of the most unusual places I have ever hiked. At times it felt like we were on another planet.

Hoodoos and other shapes are a result of differential erosion whereby their shape is affected by mechanical weathering of freezing and thawing cycles and erosion through wind and water. The harder sandstone layers fracture and break into irregular shapes through freezing and thawing and are also eroded by wind and rain. The lower, softer clay and silt stone materials also undergo similar mechanical and erosional process, but due to their softness eroded more quickly. As such, the combination of the erosional process at different rates often creates shapes that look like often like mushrooms or in this case mb an open book ( In part from a geology paper by Neykar Kotyk)

A last view of Enkhuizen before we head to Hoorn and one of my favorites of this beautifully preserved example of a Dutch golden age maritime trade town.

Since around the 11th century there has been settlements in this location, one inland dedicated to farming Gommerkerspel and Enkhuizen dedicating to fishing, in the 1350’s the two villages merged and achieved city rights to become the Enkhuizen of today.

During the war for Holland Enkhuizen was of the first cities to rally behind the Prince of Orange and was rewarded with the exclusive rights to produce and place the sea-marks in the Zuiderzee thereby charging every vessel that sailed on the sea a usage fee.

Between the herring fishery, the royal approval to tax the sea and the West and East India companies setting up trade hubs Enkhuizen’s population rose to just over 25,000 during the first half of the Golden Age and its coffers overflowed.

What goes up must come down they say, this is what happened to the city during the 19th century when the tides changed causing the harbor to silt up and the merchants left for better business in Amsterdam.

By about 1850 the population had dropped to 5000 and the city became one of the dead cities around the Zuiderzee not changing until tourism and maritime recreation revived a stagnant economy todays population is over 18,000.

I took this on Sept 16th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 28mm 1/8 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO

Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress

The wool weavers harbor was dug in 1609. This was decided to help solve the problem of the silting up of the New harbor due to flooding. The excavated sand was used to construct quays on both sides, one of which would later be given the same name as the harbor. In the early years, the port was still referred to as The New harbor, which is located south of the wool weavers harbor. The quay was initially named new storage

, named after the place where goods are unloaded and stored.. Eventually the harbor was named after the cloth makers or wool weavers who had settled on the quay. During a meeting in 1645 it was decided to also build houses on the quay. Initially there were fourteen. The image of the wool weavers harbor was determined by the a defensive wall. at the entrance of the harbour, where the Damiate Bridge was laid in 1639. This bridge connects two quays the wool weavers harbor and the Coopers harbor. In the 17th, but especially in the 18th century, the wool weavers harbor increasingly became a place where the elite settled. The area changed from a place of storage and industry into a stately residential area, so that living in a large house on the harbor gradually gave more and more status. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was still a place where the wealthy lived. More than one sixth of the inhabitants of Dordrecht belonged to the well-to-do bourgeoisie or elite. The Wolwevershaven was one of the most affluent streets in the city.

I was there early this morning because the weather forecasters had predicted a red sky. But unfortunately, no red sky.

Let's just say they're huge. This one was sunning on this silt fence near Little River, North Georgia

Have a good Saturday night everyone - hope you can get out soon!

In the Valley of the Ten Peaks, the gorgeous turquoise waters of Moraine Lake display their incredible blue hues from the refraction of light on rock flour; silt that has eroded from the nearby glaciers.

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The hike along the shores of Bow Lake is a classic hike in the Canadian Rockies. Fed by meltwater from the Bow Glacier, Bow Lake is best known for its incredible turquoise hue, a result of glacial silt mixing with the cold waters.

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Glacial Bow lake, Crowfoot Glacier and Crowfoot Mountain. Rocky Mountains, Canada

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Close-up of the Crowfoot glacier and mountains see here:

www.flickr.com/photos/paradox_m/51169778086

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See my new photos in the "My Travels" album:

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Поход к озеру с видом на горы

Поход вдоль берегов озера Боу - классический маршрут в Канадских Скалистых горах. Озеро Боу, питаемое талой водой с ледника Боу, известно своим потрясающим бирюзовым оттенком - результат смешения ледникового ила с холодными водами озера.

Ледниковое озеро Боу, ледник Кроуфут и горы Кроуфут. Скалистые горы, Канада

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The sun sets on the wrecks on the banks of the River Wyre.

I always think it is worth the effort to done some wellies and be prepared to trudge through the silt and mud at sunset to catch a moody image of these old wooden boats. The remains of the hulls embedded in the marsh look like primeval ribs of some prehistoric beast. The light was magical before the sun finally disappeared behind clouds and set over the Irish Sea.

Up to 1 meter of silt is deposited each year at the Rivière-du-Loup marina and without dredging the marina and its entrance boats cannot leave the marina at low tide, the municipality would like to set up a permanent hydraulic dredging system but environmental concerns about the murkiness caused by the system are forcing the marina to keep it old school with a dredging barge.

This sunset scene was captured at the end of the marina and the dredging barge became part of the shot instead of something I had to shoot around.

I have traveled many times past Rivière-du-Loup on my way traveling the 1100km journey to visit New Brunswick but had never stopped or taken in a sunset there, travel in the time of Covid forces one to stop and take advantage of whatever safe activities are possible.

I took this on Sept 20th, 2020 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 98mm 1/100 sec f/8 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO

Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress

……With many ancient ports being silted up in North Norfolk the need to ‘use’ the tides is even important now for small boats like this! Back in the day this was a thriving port loading ships with coal and grain but trade declined in the nineteenth century leaving just fishermen to navigate ports like this at Brancaster Staithe. These days leisure craft out number fishing many fold!!.…..

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Hulls Myton Bridge and the badly Silted-up River Hull.

This was growing in a dried riverbed that most likely only sees water during the the highest spring runoffs. There were many, many different wildflowers in this area but interestingly, this was the only specimen of Paintbrush I saw. It looked pretty healthy growing out of the silt and river rocks.

Silt covered glacier in the Southern Alps,South Island of New Zealand

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A lone angler tries his luck in Alaska's Kenai river. The Kenai is arguably Alaska's most famous fishing river and best known for its runs of giant King Salmon (Chinook).

I didn't take time to fish. I fish for image opportunities nowadays.

The Kenai and Kasilof rivers have the richest teal waters from glacial silt I've seen. As I preferably seek out glaciers and high mountains I've seen many gorgeous teal blue rivers. I could only imagine how beautiful it would have been if enhanced by a bright sunny day, as it was always cloudy during my time here. I do plan on returning some year. Alaska is addictive!

Thanks for your visit. Always appreciated!

Silts are areas outside the dykes without vegetation that are flooded with every high tide. When a silt is completely surrounded by water like an island, we call it a plate.

Many types of worms and shells live in the bottom of the plates and silts. They serve as food for the many bird species. The plates are also very important for the seals. They rest there and they suckle their young. To protect nature, you’re not allowed to walk on silts and plates when they dry up.

Only when silts become high enough, we see the first plants: Common Cord-grass and Glasswort. This can gradually lead to the formation of a salt marsh. A salt marsh is an area outside the dykes covered with plants, through which winding creeks run. During high tide these creeks are filled with water; they are dry at low tide. Only in case of extremely high water levels does the salt marsh flood. This means that plants growing on the salt marshes must be able to withstand salt water, such as glasswort and sea lavender.

Silt Island, Philadelphia.

Blakeney was a commercial seaport until the early 20th century. Now the harbour is silted up, and only small boats can make their way out past Blakeney Point to the sea. The harbour and surrounding marshes are owned by the National Trust and is a nature reserve where seals can be seen basking on the sand. Just inland from the harbour is Mariners Hill. This vantage point is believed to be man-made, probably as a lookout point for the harbour. Adjacent to the hill, at the foot of the village's High Street, is the old Guildhall with a 14th-century undercroft. Higher up the village, the Church of St Nicholas has two towers: the main tower is more than 100 ft (30 m) high and a well-known landmark for miles around; the smaller tower was built as a beacon to guide boats into Blakeney Harbour.

I used my own sky and Skylum Aurora HDR filters

Entered in Sin City Group's "Waterfront" contest here:

www.flickr.com/groups/sin_city/discuss/72157718844587579/...

STRIDING OUT FROM THE SILT, this greenshank, an elegant and long legged wader, close view reveals finely patterned feathers on the upperparts, and this one seemed much braver, and seemed oblivious to the paparazzi in the hide, firing shots like they were machine guns, and still it came!!

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Good to see you visit, love reading your comments, the hot weather is the south continues, hope your weekend is special, so stay safe............... Tomx.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the way to the Valley of the Gods park. The scenery is something out of this world. Clay-colored cliffs, where nothing grows, stand in contrast to the snow-capped mountains. The silt from the cliffs runs off into the valley below.

The Historic Hull Trawler "Arctic Corsair" seen on her permanent berth on The River Hull,

Its so badly silted up with grass growing on it ,together with dumped items like supermarket trolleys.traffic cones etc etc,

The River Thames is a muddy river with a silt bed, which gives it a brown appearance. The murky brown colour of the water has led many to believe that the Thames is dirty and polluted, but it’s actually a lot cleaner than it looks.

The River Thames has made a remarkable recovery since the industrial revolution, and is today clean enough to support over one hundred species of fish.

This post is about why the River Thames looks brown, as well as how polluted it really is.

Why is the River Thames Brown?

Text is not mine, but taken from here:

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The River Thames appears brown because there is silt on the riverbed. This silt is made up of fine particles which disperse in the water and make it look muddy.

There are six different types of sediment that can be found on a riverbed:

Silt (mud/clay)

Sand

Cobbles

Boulders

Gravel

Bedrock

The material found at the bottom of the river will affect the appearance of the river, as well as the kind of wildlife it will attract. For example, trout require silt free gravel for laying their eggs. Chalk streams like the River Wandle, tend to have gravel or flint beds, which are ideal for trout.

Carp on the other hand like silt riverbeds as the silt contains natural food sources for them such as bloodworm. Since the River Thames has a silt bed it is therefore a magnet for carp.

This is perhaps typical of the North Norfolk coast with its extensive low-lying salt marshes and complex pattern of channels worming their way through to the sea. The word Staithe simply means a landing place - such as this small harbour.

Historically Burnham Overy was the port for the surrounding villages of the Burnhams. With the coming of the railway in 1866, commercial shipping declined and after the nearby River Burn silted up it is now simply used by small dinghies and boats.

High angle view from Bow Summit lookout on Peyto Lake, colored by glacial silt in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, North America. It was named for Bill Peyto, an early trail guide and trapper in the Banff area. The lake is 21 km (13 mi) long and 142 m (466 ft) deep, making it the longest lake in the mountain parks of the Canadian Rockies.

( Fresh snow on the ground and mountains ). Banff National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Enjoying the sand and silt looking for more grubs to consume. This little sandpiper came to within 10 meters of me that morning.

Calidris pusilla

Photographed in September in Toronto Ontario

Silt Island, Philadelphia.

Silt Island, Philadelphia.

silt in a ditch during spring runoff

Silt Island, Philadelphia.

One of my favourite little inland villages in Cornwall is Lerryn, which sits astride the Lerryn River. This in turn feeds into the River Fowey. Much of the surrounding countryside is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Lerryn functioned as a port until the early 20th century, by which time the river had silted up. Now it is just home to a number of small boats. A lime kiln dates from the early 1800s. As Cornwall has little limestone of its own it would have been imported and turned into lime in the kiln. It was then used by farmers to help improve the soil of their fields.

What used to be the main channel at the Alviso, Marina before it was allowed to silt in.

This is the River Hull in Hulls Old Town .. So much mud that it as vegetation growing on it. A real eyesore for the City and for Guests at the Premier Hotel seen in the picture ..

Rustic float & silt homes on the scenic Alouette River

Kissed by the late afternoon, setting sun - About as peaceful as it gets !

South Arm of the Alouette River

Pitt Meadows

British Columbia, Canada

A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.

I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.

Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.

Thank-you, thank-you for all the love.

~Christie

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local passes a silt pond near the loader at Markle, Pennsylvania. The green water in the pond still provides a reasonable reflection.

Under part of this pier the rusty metalwork showing corrosion from years of contact with sea water and exposure to the elements The effect provides a rather dull kaleidoscope of colours particularly on the upper part of the beams. The silt is probably

the new spot on the Belgian coast at Middelkerke beach

Dusk on the slipway at Knott End looking across the River Wyre Estuary to Fleetwood.

The footprints in the muddy silt were not left by me, they were there when I arrived pre-sunset. The low light reflecting on the slipway highlighted them well and help take your eye along the slipway to the sea and the fading light in the distance!

This slipway serves the Fleetwood - Knott End Ferry which plies across this estuary. Strangely the two floodlights didn't work when I was there, whereas the lights higher up the jetty all came on!

Moeraki Boulders

The boulders consist of mud, fine silt and clay, cemented by calcite.

These boulders are septarian concretions formed some 65 million years ago, which have been exposed through shoreline erosion from black mudstone coastal cliffs that back the beach.

The rock comprising the bulk of a boulder is riddled with large cracks called "septaria" that radiate outward from a hollow core lined with scalenohedral calcite crystals.

They were created by a process similar to the formation of oyster pearls, where layers of material cover a central nucleus or core. For the oyster, this core is an irritating grain of sand. For the boulders, it was a fossil shell, bone fragment, or piece of wood.

The larger, 2-metre (6-feet) in diameter, Moeraki Boulders are estimated to have taken 4 to 5.5 million years to grow.

Muddy glacier silt flats make interesting designs in the landscape in Alaska. The turquoise lakes you see are colored by glacial silt suspended in the water.

Silt Island, Philadelphia

One of my favourite little inland villages in Cornwall is Lerryn, which sits astride the Lerryn River. Lerryn functioned as a port until the early 20th century, by which time the river had silted up. Now it is just home to a number of small boats. A lime kiln dates from the early 1800s. As Cornwall has little limestone of its own it would have been imported and turned into lime in the kiln. It was then used by farmers to help improve the soil of their fields. Much of the surrounding countryside is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Silt Island, Philadelphia

The 2-year-old female (pictured) and the 2-year-old male spent the morning together. He even did a little twigging!

Rustic float & silt homes, boat sheds and a variety find home on the scenic Southern Arm of the Alouette River

Last glimpse of the evening sun - About as peaceful as it gets !

South Alouette River flows for 21 km before entering the Pitt River near Pitt Meadows; and the Pitt River

The Alouette River was awarded Heritage status in 1998 under the BC Heritage Rivers System

The Alouette River is a tributary of the Pitt River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The Alouette River was known as the Lillooet River until 1914, at which time its name was changed to avoid confusion with the much larger Lillooet River. The name Alouette, French for "lark", was obstentially chosen because it sounds similar to Lillooet.

( Wikipedia )

Pitt Meadows

British Columbia, Canada

A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.

I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.

Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honored I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.

Thank-you for all the Flickr love.

~Christie

Silt Island, Philadelphia

In addition to our regulars, like this immature female red-tailed hawk, the PMA gardens and nearby section of river are now also home to bald eagles and osprey.

She's a year old and you can see that some darker adult feathers have come in on her shoulders. Her first red tail feather won't be far behind!

Kahn in the silted-up & overgrown old Terrace Falls Baths.

Daily Dog Challenge: A Dog's Life

The two wrecks, one buried in silt, rest beneath a moody monochrome sky

Oare Creek with the smallrig 03-12-25

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