#north shore mountains

[annapolisrose]

Crows heading to roost at the end of the day.

[herbalnature]

A serene winter scene unfolds as a blanket of snow envelops the North Shore Mountains near Vancouver. Sunlight filters through the mist, casting a soft glow over the frosted trees.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

FILE UNDER: NORTH SHORE MOUNTAINS, PELICAN NEBULA, ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY, ETC...

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the North America and Pelican Nebulae in the Cygnus region of the night sky, shining above the "Two Sisters" pointed peaks along the North Shore Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. 📸: Liron Gertsman.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2498102755360342906.

[rabbitcruiser]

Clouds (No. 1097)

Vancouver, BC

[jojo-oliver]

paintings i did 🎨

[prismaticstarshch]

why did I just randomly remember the time when I wrote this down

[homeisaplaceinthehills]

jeanne_d_arctique

[eklektikos-jshu]

Vancouver. Spring 2023.

[kian-charles-gray-photography]

The Industrial Heart Amidst the Misty North Shore Mountains

The North Shore of Vancouver stands as a meeting ground of industrial progress and unspoiled natural beauty. This image, taken through the spectral lens of an infrared filter, brings out the dramatic dichotomy of this region. The Neptune Terminals, Vancouver’s principal bulk shipping hub, occupies the foreground, with towering cranes and cement silos lined up against the backdrop of the North…

[annapolisrose]

Criss-cross sky.

[herbalnature]

Gentle rays of sunlight filter through the mist, casting a soft glow over the snow-clad North Shore mountains. It's a serene winter wonderland near Vancouver, BC, where nature's tranquility meets the quiet majesty of the peaks.

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon Meshi - Kahka Brud and The Island

Kahka Brud - Town adventurer's go through to arrive at The Island, where the dungeon was discovered.

The Island - Island situated off the coast of Kahka Brud, The Dungeon was discovered conected to the village's graveyard.

Merini (Or Melini) - The Village where the Adventurer's stay and make preparations before adventuring in The Dungeon.

Image Texts under the cut

First Image Showing Kahka Brud

Laios pointing up: Our hometown is farther north across the sea. It's a boring place with nothing but mountains and snow.

Marcille pointing to Kahka Brud: Everyone comes to the island through this neighboring town. It's the biggest one in the area. The Magic School Falin and I went to is there too.

Cythis pointing west talking about the canaries: We came from a city on the continent that lies northwest of here. Of the human races there 80% are elves. 20% are "other."

Kabru pointing east (tiny Kuro with Mickbell on his shoulders besides him): Utaya is… was far to the east of here. Humans and Demihumans are still fighting over the territory. Kuro came from that area as well.

Shuro point downwards east: The Eastern Islands are scattered to the southeast of here. There aren't many longlived races, and there's constant internal strife and wars between islands.

Tiny Izutsumi and Rin: We all have roots on different islands.

Dungeons:

Budou Pit

Dwarf-Style Dungeon

Collapsed

Brud Dungeon Cluster

Dwarf-Style Dungeons

Captured

Currently part of the town, and only traces remain

Tower of Night Cries

Gnome-Style Dungeon

Captured and being sealed

Currently administered by the Gnomes

The Island

Compound-type Dungeon

Discovered in 507

Second Image showing details of The Island

"The Island"

Over the years, it's been given many different names by it's various owners: Dwarfs, Elves, and tall-men. By now, most of these have faded away and it's just called "The Island."

Merini Village

Once a small fishing village, the discovery of The Dungeon has brought about drastic changes

[On the north-most part of the village]

Island Lord's Mansion

[Middle of the village, near the shore]

High Street

All the necessary tools and food can be bought here.

[Deeper to the southeast of The Island]

Dungeon Entrance

Connects to the Village graveyard, which is no longer used for burials.

[End of Descriptions]

Here's the world map in case you want to check it along with the descriptions from the characters, I'll make a dedicated post for it later on. (here)

[rabbitcruiser]

Clouds (No. 1098)

Vancouver, BC (two pics)

Sea-to-Sky Highway, BC (eight pics)

[byjove]

My great grandmother lived in Appalachia her entire life. Born in the Alleghenies, moved to the Smokies. She always loved to swim, almost died in the 1930s when she contracted tetanus after cutting her leg on a jagged piece of slate in the swimming hole near her childhood home. That didn’t dampen her love of water and when I knew her, she’d often drag an umbrella and chair into the backyard pool on hot days and sit there enjoying the water and the shade.

It wasn’t until the early 2000s that the family started going on trips to Nags Head. It was a 6 hour drive, across the entirety of North Carolina, starting in the mountains and ending at the Outer Banks. She was excited, of course.

Everyone still remembers the first time she saw the ocean. We thought she would be thrilled. Instead, she stood at the shore staring into the vastness of the sea and mumbling “It’s so flat, it’s so flat.” brain trying to make sense of this completely alien landscape. And I think about that a lot. I can’t remember the first time I saw the ocean, I was probably a baby. I can’t imagine how disorienting it would be to be 60+ years old and have been surrounded by the gently rolling hills of Appalachia your entire life and see, for the first time, a body of water so big you couldn’t see the other side.

She got used to it eventually. She loved the sea. Like we knew she would.

[kagrenacs]

Long awaited, here is the soil map of Skyrim using the Canadian System of Soil classification. Brief description of my conclusions under the cut:

Chernozem: Whiterun Hold is likely home to the majority of Skyrim’s Chernozems. The majority of biological carbon sequestering in grassland environments are below ground, within the root systems. Organic material- humus, builds up, causing the upper layers of the soil to take on a dark colour. Additionally, Solonetzic soils could be present, peppered throughout the hold if the parent material to the soil is salty enough.

Cryosols are formed in Skyrim’s far North and high alpine regions. The mean annual soil temperature being 0 degrees C, with permafrost conditions. Freeze-thaw cycles lead to permafrost at the soils surface, but also cryoturbation: soil movement arising from frost action.

Additionally in mountainous regions, you would find Regosols. Soils which develop on unstable landforms and have had little time to develop, such as mountain slopes, or river floodplains.

Gleysols occur across the landscape of Skyrim, but primarily in Hjaalmarch. Gleysols are commonly found in depressions or low-lying areas where water saturates the soil continuously, leading to a molted characteristic to the soil.

Organic soils would primarily be found in the water saturated soils of Hjaalmarch. These are wetland soils found in forested areas and are commonly known as peat, muck, bogs or fens.

Borrowing from the USDA soil taxonomy, Inceptisols are light colored soils with moderate alteration, occurring under cool and cold climates. These soils would be found in the Eastmarch caldera.

Luvisols are associated with forested landscapes overlying loamy glacial till, or on clayey lacustrine deposits. Lake Honrich dominates a large portion of the Rift, according to UESP, seemingly draining from the lake. I believe this to be the site of a melted glacier, the lake being meltwater. Clay sediments are associated with lakes because of their deposition, coarser sediments bordering the lake near the shore, and finer particles at the deepest reaches. Additionally, at the end of the Karth river, where sandy deposits would be deposited at Solitude, before the stream looses power further down the river, leaving only clay to be deposited.

Podzols are associated with igneous parent materials, coniferous vegetation and high acidity. Primarily they are found in Falkreath Hold and Southern Eastmarch.

Brunisols are an intermediate stage between Regosols (undeveloped soils), and Podzol or Luvisols. I believe with the unstable, mountainous landscape of the Reach, soils would remain still rather undeveloped. Brunisols would also be interspersed among the Luvisols.

[cypressure]

north shore mountains and lions gate bridge 9/3/24