TimKStanton, 1 year ago to photography

Happy #WaterfallWednesday! I was thrilled that 8 of the 9 miles of the #trails leading to the summit while #backpacking earlier this month were along a #river or #stream. With the snow melting, the moving water was very energetic with many rapids and cascading #waterfalls. I stopped a LOT to enjoy and take pics. Here are some of my favorites! White #Mountains #NewHampshire #hiking #waterfall #trail #rivers #streams #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #nature #explore #outside

Photo of cascading waterfall in forest. Waterfall in foreground and contains large brown and tan boulders, trees with brown trunks and green foliage in background.
Photo of fast moving stream with long exposure effect blurring the rapids and small cascading waterfalls. Stream extends from camera into forest. Trees with brown trunks and green leaves, as well as brown and tan boulders, line the bank of the stream.
Photo of fast moving stream with long exposure blurring the rapids and small cascading waterfalls. Stream extends from camera into forest. Trees and boulders line the banks of the stream. Trees have brown trunks and green foliage, boulders are brown and tan.

TimKStanton, 1 year ago to photography

This amazing view from a summit in the White #Mountains, #NewHampshire was my reward last week after #hiking 9 miles up #trails through mud, #rocks, #snow, and #ice, plus multiple crossings of #streams. Featured are the #lichen-covered slabs of rock in the foreground and the snow-capped peak of Mt Washington at the horizon. I enjoyed my lunch here before descending. #geology #LichenSubscribe #FungiFriday #fungi #trail #nature #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #outside #backpacking

TimKStanton, 1 year ago to photography

I hiked five miles along this gorgeous #river earlier this week before the #trail turned up into the #mountains and then followed a small #stream. The mountain peak that I later summited is seen off in the distance. I love rivers! #backpacking #trails #NewHampshire #NewEngland #streams #hiking #outside #outdoors #beach #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #exercise #fitness #HealthFit #ThinkOutside #travel #nature #tree #trees #forests

annejefferson, 1 year ago to random

I'm in the office today, but yesterday marked my first exploration of #BurlingtonVT's #urban #streams. I got to explore two very different small small streams, both affected by #stormwater #runoff, but only one with clear evidence of active #beavers. Looking forward to doing #research here! #FieldworkFriday #FieldPhotoFriday

Sandy small stream with ripples on the bed. Bare mud and sand and young green vegetation on right side of photo, where things were clearly underwater recently. Powerlines and conifers and deciduous trees in background.

nisemikol, 1 year ago to animals

The Introvert's Guide to Hiking and Trail Running

When you come to a fork on the trail, choose the branch that looks like it might end with you lost in the woods forever. Regular folk don't use those trails.

Only we weirdos do.

#Plants #Forest #Trees #Flower #Streams #Nature #Dog #Hiking #TrailRunning

A tree with a very plump, short main trunk and many regular-size trunks coming out of that
A collection of logs placed across a boggy stretch of trail as a makeshift bridge
Two tiny waterfalls framed by mossy rocks and a mossy log
A snag covered in lichen and sprouting several new, lichen-covered branches
A cute dog wearing a blue harness looks away from the camera. Her paws are normally-white paws are black with mud.

youronlyone, 1 year ago to internet

All these talk about #BlueSky and complaints about #Mastodon this, #ActivityPub that, #Fediverse this, and #Decentralisation that, are mostly questionable(?) since many haven't seriously looked around the fediverse. It's like saying burgers are bad because you've tasted McDonald's yet there are better burgers from #Jollibee.

#AccountPortability (#NomadicIdentity)? Check out #Hubzilla and #Streams (the latter is in the #PublicDomain). #QuotePosts / #QuoteReplies? There is #Calckey, #Akkoma, Hubzilla, Streams, to mention a few. Oh! Many Mastodon forks have it as well. You want a #Twitter-like UI/UX? Use Akkoma or #Rebased. What else?

The problem stems from the fediverse ending up unofficially represented by a very limited-feature software and most are not willing to do their due diligence (one would think they'll check out the forks at least). Before championing about the new kid on the block, before claiming that the fediverse is this and that, look around first.

What you've known as the fediverse, so far, is only based on what happens to be the software with the least feature set. Mainline Mastodon will get better, but it is what it is currently, as far as comparison with similar fediverse projects.

No one is saying you are not allowed to complain, just look around first before you make claims about the fediverse.

Also, no one is saying #ATP shouldn't exist. By all means develop it! Innovation and improvements come from seeing ideas come to fruition instead of staying as theories. Having different branches of development is better than getting stuck in one particular way of doing things, or line of thinking. It's all good and I think anyone will agree it is much welcomed.

Here's a #challenge: Since you have time to research a non-fediverse network, why don't you explore what the fediverse really has to offer, with the same effort and enthusiasm? Mastodon is not the fediverse, so you can not judge the fediverse based on it. That's like saying China is Asia, and you judge Asians because of mainland China.

Take the challenge, then publish the results of your journey. Good evening, and Shalom!

#MycelialNetwork

heronfoxphoto, 1 year ago to random

The #granite slopes of #LookoutMountain drain in #streams and #rivers, punctuated by short #waterfalls like this one.
The #Sun angle was great and created a visible #rainbow effect in the lower right of the image.
Besides that, the dramatic #falls and the #ChangingLeaves in autumn help add interesting features.
The #eye is continually #driven around the image in a circle, from the stream down the falls, across the pond, up the granite slabs, and through the #foliage back to the stream. We’re quite proud of this one.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/rainbow-in-the-waterfall-heron-and-fox.html