#loess

[antlered-prince]

coupla dumbasses

[bogcreacher]

*rattles infant* IF THIS ENDS POORLY ITS ON YOU, FUCKER

[non-illustrary]

Here are sketches of @bonesofvaldis bravo.

Bravo-killer

belong to valdis

[asfaltics]

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endpaper, detail (levels 20 1.00 255) Bijdragen tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië, vol. 3 (Amsterdam, 1859) : xiv Stanford copy/scan (via google books) : link

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[galswintha]

The sunken lane (wąwóz drogowy, holweg), at the north-western edge of Samborowiczki village, made in Pleistocene loess deposits. It runs in a depth of up to 5 meters, with characteristic, very steep walls with an inclination reaching 80°. Loess deposits of the area lie on much older paleozoic and proterozoic rocks, building the majority of the Strzelińskie Hills. 

[speakingofnature]

Loess Hills Sunset

Prairie grasses wave in the evening breeze as the sun sets over the loess hills of southwest Iowa.

[glitchlight]

dirt facts for the columbia river basin? 🤲

godddd the PNW has such interesting geology. There's a surprising amount of volcanic geology within the united states, but the majority of it is west of the rockies, and no place else is that more common than in the PNW. Geologists in the PNW are welcome to correct me, but as someone whose mostly worked in very predictable glacial geology or residuum from common marine sedimentary strata (limestone shale siltstone repeat repeat repeat -- hey karst!), my overwhelming impression of the PNW has been a region dominated geologically recent cataclysms which have dramatically reshaped the landscapes, and the Columbia River Basin has at least three different impacts that effect soil development as a result: the columbia flood basalts which stem from the yellowstone hot spot, the missoula floods at the end of the last ice age, and the influence of volcanic eruptions on the surrounding area from the cascades and the yellowstone hot spot.

The main thing I find interesting here however is one that is a little less than remarkable given the cataclysmic history of the region, and is far more mundane: the disparity in the landscape on either side of the cascades.

This is a somewhat remarkable observation on a flat image. In the space of 60 miles, the entire landscape transitions from a semi-arid landscape to one overflowing with greenery and vegetation. Driving west on I-84 produces landscapes that wouldn't be out of place in the rest of the arid west, Nevada, Idaho, Montana.

Of course, that is an illusion created by a flat image. Naturally, there is an entire mountain range in the way.

The imagery undersells it: this looks like a low range of hills, all too familiar to those of us who live out east and drive over rolling hills every day. The Columbia River Gorge, seen here curving off to the right beyond the Dalles, cuts deep through the Cascades and the high plateau built up by, you guessed it! All! Those! Flood Basalts!

This dramatic difference isn't just due to elevation changes, but is largely due to the infamous rain shadow effect that occurs in much of the PNW.

Brief detour to physics: pressure. In gasses, if temperature increases, pressure must increase (provided volume remains constant). If you've had a half an equation hanging out of your brain for the past 10 years from chemistry class, it's probably pV=nRT which describes this exact relationship. Anyways: if you take a bunch of moist air coming off the Pacific, and have winds blowing it up a hill, because it rises in elevation, atmosphere pressure decreases, so temperature of the front decreases as well and you get the PNW's infamous eternal rain. This entire effect is known as orographic lift.

And IN SPITE OF THIS! The soils aren't really all that different on either side of the range! They're primarily different in terms of weathering!

The agricultural soils to the east are rather plain, slightly developed soils which consist of drifts of dust deposited over thousands of years onto cracked basalt (floods again!). The same materials are present to the west, but because it rains so much more, they're much more developed, enough that silica, you know, the stuff Sand is made out of, has weathered and recemented within the soils, creating what's called a fragipan -- almost like a natural type of concrete!

Thanks!

[fixy8ed4xys]

my photo 📷

[cryptid-quest]

Hoax of the Day: Loess Man

Description: In 1894. a skull was uncovered in Omaha, Nebraska, that Robert Fletcher Gilder claimed belong to a Neanderthal. In 1907, anthropologist Alex Hrdlicka published a book debunking the skull, noting it was found in 4ft dirt.

[antlered-prince]

can we hear about fae dust? what's he like?

Dust is very cool and aloof. He doesn't talk much and it's hard to tell exactly what he's feeling most of the time. Everything he does seems to be incredibly calculated. He's not an easy fae to fool.

He can eventually warm up to people, but it's hard to break through the barrier he puts up around those he doesn't know. You can't force a friendship on him, he has to make that decision himself. He's much like a cat in that way. He'll slowly work his way into your space more and more if he likes you.

I haven't got a design for him yet, but his wings are those of a one-eyed sphinx moth.

[non-illustrary]

Drew @worldofvaldis @bonesofvaldis Loess again during stressful times.

[slavicviking]

sometimes i think about writing a steddie thing where they’re archaeologists because, you know, projecting, but then i realize I would get hyper-specific for no reason and it would end up looking like this

Steve heaved a sigh and settled over by the profile, drawing board at hand. With he sun settled high in the sky, the stratum borders turn unreadable. Confusing. And isn’t that ironic, he muses, his thoughts turning back to Eddie, as they often did nowadays. Eddie who’s turning up in his life like Globular Amphora on a Lusatian site.

and I won’t subject y’all to this

[snowwy-sprites]

They are going to a Halloween party

[falseandrealultravival]

Loess Plateau (Ryuichi Sakamoto) “Sakamoto Music”

A famous song by Ryuichi Sakamoto in his 30s. You can feel the brilliance of mainland China. At this time, the world, including Japan, was unaware of China's true nature and was friendly towards this country. However, China is currently showing its dangerous nature to the world, and is no longer a country worthy of respect and worthy of such a tribute, but rather a country to be despised.

黄土高原（坂本龍一）「坂本ミュージック」

坂本龍一３０代の名曲。中国大陸の輝きが感じられる。この頃は、日本を含め、世界が中国の本質に気づかず、この国に好意的だった。だが中国は、現在その世界にとって危険な性質を露わにしていて、とてもこんな音が捧げられるような尊敬されるべき国ではなく、むしろ唾棄すべき国である。

[messica87]