broken top…

Rolling along…

Normally, along this stretch of river the submerged shelf here is elevated enough that there are rapids here that cascade over the shelf falling about a foot or so. The water is up now at Winter flows. The pool remains, if deeper, and the Steelhead will still hold here before pushing up into the tail of the drift above.

go with the flow…

“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.”
Laura Gilpin

the journey……..

river currents rub round

boulders bracing, enduring

worn down over time

Branches almost touching…

the branches hang low

reaching toward the currents

the river dances

Solitude on the bank…

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
Aristotle

Solitude, no traffic noise…no people, a few flitting birds…only the sliding, bubbling sound of the river…sitting entranced by the currents moving to the contours and boulders below…leaves drifting on the surface..lost in thought, a chance to stand up with a positive view.

Nature: Perpetual Ocean’s Surface Currents

This is an interesting video that has reportedly hit the viral circuit called Perpetual Ocean. The forces of nature never cease to amaze and impress. The images were collected by NASA, over a  two year period, of ocean flow data, which was compiled into the animation. Interesting.

Perpetual Ocean (NASA Ocean Flow Data)