#copper river

Forest (No. 559)

Simpson Hill, AK (seven pics)

The Copper River in Alaska, June 21, 1973. 

Record Group 79: Records of the National Park Service

Series: Alaska Task Force Photographs

File Unit: Flats

Image description: A river meanders across flat land, among pools of still water. 

Transcription: 

LOTD#513 “ Copper River “

Head : GENUS Project - Genus Head - Baby Face W001 - Mocap

Skin : Bold & Beauty :: Jessie (Genus App) *

Hair : DOUX - Damiana Hairstyle @ Equal10

Bangs : DOUX - Margaret hairstyle 

Choker : e.marie // Mel Choker - Honey

Chain choker : DAE YIns choker *

Jacket : Addams // Emilia Sporty Jacket 

Top : Mossu - Basic Bonus top *

Jumpsuit : Mossu - Zoe.Jumpsuit - Fatpack *

Tattoo : HUMAN GLITCH // IDLM POSE / TATTOO SET *

Pose : Lyrium. - Alina Pose 3 *

I AM THE SALMON: I am the fire, I am the river, I am the land. One week in Alaska with @copperriversalmon. Everything I learned about this biodynamic ecosystem of humans, animals, and earth. Up now in the narrative travel section of K&C. 

Dust storm off Alaska

When glaciers move, they pick up rocks and carry them throughout their voyage. As they flow, they grind these rocks against the ground they’re moving on and against other rocks being carried by the glacier. One end result of this process is grinding some of the rocks down to dust, producing fine, angular shards known as “rock flour”. When the glaciers melt at their terminus, that rock flour can pile up, or it can be carried by rivers down the slope to the coast.

Here we see an image of a dust storm along the coast of Alaska in October of 2012, formed at the end of the Copper River. The fall is the driest season in this area and dry rock flour is easily lifted by the winds. This dust plume traveled about 100 kilometers from the source.

-JBB