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Taken from the Confluence viewing tower in Hartford Illinois.Center right, is the Confluence Point, where the Missouri and Mississippi rivers merge.In this image, the rivers are flowing right to left.Center left is the (whitish) concrete observation deck of Columbia Bottom conservation area.The point (in Jones Confluence Point State Park), and Columbia Bottom conservation area(across from the point) were closed temporarily due to flooding in June, 2013.The Confluence viewing tower (in Hartford,Ill.), is just down the road from the Lewis and Clark River du Boise/Wood River camp site and visitor center.
A small square surrounded comprises the center of Confluence, PA. It definitely feels more like small town America than part of the Pittsburgh area out here.
Another sculpture by O.V. "Vern" Shaffer in downtown Beloit, outside the Beloit Public Library. The plaque reads thus:
The sculpture represents the confluence of Rock River and Turtle Creek, where Beloit was founded in 1836.
This is one of my favorite places in the world in autumn. This is a small area on the Grand River, with a creek that joins in. On land, there are dozens of old, wizened, moss covered tree stumps, and all the leaves turn yellow in the fall. The coloring and ambiance reminds me of Where the Wild Things are, or middle earth. I may have to bring some people, in 19th century duds, to photograph here. It's perfect.
On our first day on the river (just off the plane for me, pretty much), we stop at the first significant confluence. This rock face is the first evidence we see of the lack of historic glaciation that makes Ivvavik and the Firth so geologically unique
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Catching a real trout is the reason the "Trout Pond" is the most popular and exciting activity for children.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis
St. Louis is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers, on the western bank of the latter. As of 2020, the city proper had a population of around 301,500, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million, making it the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, the second-largest in Illinois, the seventh-largest in the Great Lakes Megalopolis, and the 20th-largest in the United States.
Before European settlement, the area was a regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. St. Louis was founded on February 14, 1764, by French fur traders Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent, Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau, who named it for Louis IX of France. In 1764, following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War, the area was ceded to Spain. In 1800, it was retroceded to France, which sold it three years later to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase; the city was then the point of embarkation for the Corps of Discovery on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In the 19th century, St. Louis became a major port on the Mississippi River; from 1870 until the 1920 census, it was the fourth-largest city in the country. It separated from St. Louis County in 1877, becoming an independent city and limiting its own political boundaries. St. Louis had a brief run as a world-class city in the early 20th century. In 1904, it hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Summer Olympics.
A "Gamma" global city with a metropolitan GDP of more than $160 billion in 2017, metropolitan St. Louis has a diverse economy with strengths in the service, manufacturing, trade, transportation, and tourism industries. It is home to nine of the ten Fortune 500 companies based in Missouri. Major companies headquartered or with significant operations in the city include Ameren Corporation, Peabody Energy, Nestlé Purina PetCare, Anheuser-Busch, Wells Fargo Advisors, Stifel Financial, Spire, Inc., MilliporeSigma, FleishmanHillard, Square, Inc., U.S. Bank, Anthem BlueCross and Blue Shield, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Centene Corporation, and Express Scripts.
Major research universities include Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis. The Washington University Medical Center in the Central West End neighborhood hosts an agglomeration of medical and pharmaceutical institutions, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
St. Louis has three professional sports teams: the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball, the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, and the St. Louis BattleHawks of the newly formed XFL. In 2019, the city was awarded a Major League Soccer franchise, St. Louis City SC, which is expected to begin play upon the completion of a 22,500-seat stadium in the city's Downtown West neighborhood in 2023. Among the city's notable sights is the 630-foot (192 m) Gateway Arch in the downtown area. St. Louis is also home to the St. Louis Zoo and the Missouri Botanical Garden, which has the second-largest herbarium in North America.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Louis
Paint Louis is an annual global community event happening over the American holiday Labor Day bringing together people practicing all four elements of Hip hop including Graffiti, Breakdancing, Rapping and DJs to St. Louis for three days of creation and performance. The event started informally in 1995 as a "graffiti jam" and became more formalized in 1997 as noted with its 20th anniversary celebration in 2017. One of the originators, if not the man outright credited with the genesis of Paint Louis, is Stun1.
The event is well known as the largest gathering of Graffiti writers who have permission to legally paint the 1.9 mile Guinness Records deemed "longest mural in the world", the Mississippi River flood wall, along the Mississippi river all south of the Gateway Arch.
Source: racstl.org/public-art/the-mural-mile-floodwall/
The Mural Mile is located along the Riverfront between Victor and Chouteau Avenues, south of the Gateway Arch. Started in 1997, the project became an annual event held every labor day weekend. Organized by the organization Paint Louis, more than 250 graffiti artists from around the country came to St. Louis to add to this mural on the Mississippi River floodwall.
Graffiti artists from across the nation periodically assemble for a local event known as “Paint Louis,” during which they each leave their artistic mark on an industrial wall or structure that has been designated for the task. After the event has finished, paint-overs become increasingly common, and the piece takes on additional lives and identities as the original work slowly disappears.
At the confluence of the Riggs Street (to the left) and Jack's (to the right) Brooks, Oxford, Connecticut.
Flat version (anaglyph also available in my Anaglyphs set).