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Bores occur in relatively few locations worldwide, usually in areas with a large tidal range (typically more than 6 meters (20 ft) between high and low water) and where incoming tides are funneled into a shallow, narrowing river or lake via a broad bay.[2] The funnel-like shape not only increases the tidal range, but it can also decrease the duration of the flood tide, down to a point where the flood appears as a sudden increase in the water level. A tidal bore takes place during the flood tide and never during the ebb tide.
On Roosevelt Island we made our first foray into the hobby of geocaching. One of our challenges was to get a photo of ourselves by the tidal marsh. Here we are!
Memories of 2 young boys exploring the tidal flats along the West Bay of Galveston, Texas on a summer day at low tide, heirloom photo to painting by a Texas Artist Karen W. Butcher, www.tolifeagain.com
In April 2008, Kelli and I went to Washington D.C. for a conference I was attending, and spent some time walking around the Mall enjoying the sights. Here, we're near the FDR Memorial, looking across the Tidal Basin at the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, and an approaching storm. I purposely emphasized the sky in this photo, because I loved the sweep of clouds making our human enterprise look small beneath it. Black and white does a good job of emphasizing the tones and patterns. On a technical note, I used my ACDSee photo software to correct the wide angle lens distortion so that the horizon is flat at the bottom of the photo. Oh -- and half an hour later, we were hunkered down in the Jefferson Memorial while the rain poured down around us amid the flash and crack of lightning.
This image is featured on my photo blog, thelightisall.blogspot.com, on January 16, 2011. View my best photos on Flickriver.