#sediment
In the mountains you can get a lot of two things, rocks and sediments produced from the break down of those rocks. In the foreground and in the background around the feet of the mountains you can see two big piles. These are called alluvial fans. It is basically a dump of sediments that was flushed down the small valleys into a big valley. What runs between these two alluvial fans is a major river which is a conveyor belt of the sediment that slowly moves it down the valley, down the mountains, down the floodplains and eventually into the ocean.
See it as a highway for moving of sediment.
Nubra River, Himalaya.
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Day 293. #bedford365 #bedfords365 #aftertherain #sediment #curb #washaway #washedaway #beneathyourfeet #parkinglot #abstractart #abstract #flow #watertrack #watertracks #movement
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the true sound of silence
driving from the east coast to the Badlands we arrived in a fog; Literally covering the park, a white mist that would eventually stay though out the night. We hiked around in the wet and slippery pinnacles being oh so careful to keep our hands by our sides as these extremely weathered pinnacles instantaneously crumble under any force (especially when wet). I reflected on time, the age of our planet and the millions and billions of years of work it took to create this ever evolving planet. And at that moment I am more then content with where I was, and where I would be going.
The next morning the sun came out, cleared the fog, and brought me this picture of my best friend in the suns celebrated rays.
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