Sugar Land, TX. Taken from the University Boulevard bridge over Ditch H, looking down on the ditch and South toward the Brazos River, which is just visible in the distance beyond the trees. Note that the levee on the right below the spillway has already experienced significant erosion from previous floods. Three flooding episodes during Hurricane Harvey left only a few feet of freeboard on these levees. A more recent storm with no name delivered a higher precipitation rate, but only for one day. Ditch H is the drain for the Levee Improvement District that protects my house from flooding, one of nine such districts in Sugar Land.
Nothing added to the photo, but it did need vigorous slides to bring out the detail in highlights and shadows. Happy Sliders Sunday!
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The Old-timers are the trees, of course. The prominent clouds were only just being created at the time of the exposure.
Shot in Leica Profile Dynamic Monochrome. Saved the RAW file just in case, but I liked the B&W better. 24mmFFeq.
Happy Mono Monday!
2021-01-04; 07:52
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The Colorado River, lower right, continuing to wind through the Canyon it has been cutting for 6 million years on its sinuous way West, ever deeper into sediments laid down before dinosaurs, before shells; in the shadow of that morning’s clouds, being formed by updrafts and sculpted by wind. My vantage point is about 7,000 ft above sea level, the Canyon reaches 6,000 ft deep, these clouds range maybe 1-2,000ft above me. Mother Earth’s radius is just short of 4,000 miles, so the 2 miles shown here is just her thin skin.
Wishing you all an awesome weekend!
15 Oct 2022; 00:40 UTC; 338;62;12
Explored 15 Oct 2022, rank 111.
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Afternoon clouds roll in along the Dalmatian Coast road.
02:45 UTC; 5 Nov 2023
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Nearing the end of our days in Dubrovnik. Might never tire of that place.
Explore no.202 Jan 17 2,023
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