#TopoTuesday: The Roadless Rule.
In June, the USDA ended the rule protecting almost 60 million acres of American wild forest from development. Without an act of Congress, the current administration had the power to rescind the regulation, but what does it mean for the health of wild spaces?
#topotuesday: Land Reclamation
Land reclamation can mean one of two things: building artificial land OR repairing and restoring disturbed land. Whether it's building new land for resorts, reclaiming coastline, or building barriers against natural disasters, land reclamation is a fascinating process!
#topotuesday: Keibul Lamjao National Park
India's Keibul Lamjao National Park is the world's first and only floating national park. The park is famous for its unique ecosystem, consisting of floating mats of soil and vegetation.
#India #deer #endangeredspecies #nationalparks #sangai #UNESCO
#topotuesday: Extreme Mountain Passes
The human desire to explore, trade, and migrate across vast, imposing landscapes has caused us to build mountain passes. These navigable routes through mountain ranges or over ridges have created some truly hair-raising routes.
#mountains #mountainpass
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Kaindy Lake is one of #Kazakhstan’s most surreal natural wonders, also known as the “Pearl of the Northern Tian Shan” - a turquoise mountain lake where the trunks of submerged spruce trees still rise eerily from the water.
#topography #lakekaindy #geography
#topotuesday: Shipping Chokepoints
Often overlooked but vital to maritime trade, shipping chokepoints are strategic geographic features that are critical to the movement of vessels and goods.
#shipping #oceans #trade #global #oil #shippingchokepoint #geopolitics #climatechange
#TopoTuesday: Samabaj, Guatemala
Also called the Atlantis of Mesoamerica, Samabaj is submerged an average of 55 feet (17m) under the surface of Lake Atitlán.
#guatemala #archaeology #Maya #LatinAmerica
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The Bungle Bungle Range - famous for its striking, banded beehive-shaped domes - is the centerpiece of Purnululu National Park in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia.
#topography #bunglebungles #westernaustralia
#topotuesday: The Richat Structure
The Richat Structure - also known as the “Eye of the Sahara” or the “Eye of Africa” - is a massive, mysterious formation in Mauritania visible from space.
#RichatStructure #EyeOfTheSahara #GeologyRocks #MysteryOfAtlantis #EarthFromAbove
#TopoTuesday - Earth’s Eternal Flames
“Eternal flames” are fires which burn for an indefinite period of time. Naturally occurring eternal flames are fuelled by ignited coal or natural/volcanic gases.
#eternalflame #darvazacrater #doortohell #yanardağ #landoffire #centralia
#TopoTuesday - Deadvlei (Dooie Vlei)
Deadvlei (also known as Dooie Vlei in Afrikaans, meaning "dead marsh") is a striking and surreal natural wonder located in the Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia.
#deadvlei #Namibia #sanddunes #dune7
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The Greater Blue Mountains Area is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in New South Wales, Australia. Spanning over 1.03 million hectares, the area comprises eight conservation reserves that protect its unique ecosystems and landscapes.
#topography #bluemountains
For today's #topotuesday, we're looking at the city of Chongqing in southwest-central China! Chongqing is known for its terraced architecture and buildings that often have multiple ground floors, depending on the side of the building.
#topography #china #chongqing #YangtzeRiver #architecture #metro
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is known for its iconic quartz-sandstone pillars; the average density of which is 97.1 per square mile (37.5 per square kilometer).
#China #Hunan #UNESCO #unescoworldheritage #AvatarMovie #avatarthelastairbender #ATLA #zhangijajie
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Green Riyadh is one of the most ambitious urban forestation projects in the world. The project is part of Saudi Arabia's vision 2030 to diversify their economy. The plans for Green Riyadh would significantly change the existing topography of the city and its desert landscape!
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Remnants of Ancient Mayan architecture are impressive feats of engineering, showcasing how human topographical influence dates back thousands of years.
#mayancivilisation
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Often called the Grand Canyon of Thailand, Sam Phan Bok is a natural rock formation made up of over 3,000 holes carved into the sandstone riverbed. These unique shapes were formed over centuries by the powerful currents of the Mekong River.
#SamPhanBok #Thailand
Happy #TopoTuesday! Researchers have discovered a hidden cap of magma around 2.4 miles (3.9 km) beneath Yellowstone by using a 53,000-pound vibroseis truck, which is normally used for oil and gas exploration, to create mini-earthquakes and read the seismic waves.
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Ronda sits high in the mountains of Andalusia, southern Spain, about 62 miles (100 km) west of Málaga. Built atop the El Tajo gorge, the town is split in two by the deep canyon carved by the Guadalevín River.
#Ronda #Spain #ElTajo
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Located in central Türkiye’s Cappadocia region, the fairy chimneys (also known as “hoodoos”) are surreal rock formations towering up to 130 feet (40 meters) tall.
#Cappadocia #FairyChimneys #Geology #Türkiye #Göreme
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Deep beneath the mountains of Naica, Mexico, lies a surreal wonder: the Cave of the Crystals! Discovered in 2000, this underground marvel houses the world’s largest selenite crystals, the biggest recorded measuring 37.4 feet (11.40 m).
#CaveOfTheCrystals #Mexico
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Explore Ireland’s coastal sea stacks in today’s #TopoTuesday! Off the rugged coast of Donegal, towering sea stacks rise from the Atlantic - silent sentinels sculpted by wind, waves, and time.
#SeaStacks #WildAtlanticWay #Donegal #IrishGeography
For this #TopoTuesday, a little lesson on Manifest Destiny in the Rocky Mountains through the lens of Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting "The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak"
#TopoTuesday: Cenotes
Cenotes are stunning geological formations dotting Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. These natural sinkholes are formed when limestone bedrock collapses, exposing the groundwater beneath.
#TopoTuesday The Arctic Cordillera in Canada, stretching from Ellesmere Island, Canada’s most northern point, all the way to the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador. The landscape is known for polar ice fields, alpine glaciers, inland fjords, and large bodies of water.
#TopoTuesday With a depth of 1,949 feet (594 m), Crater Lake in the Cascade Mountain Range of southern Oregon is the deepest lake in the US. The lake partly fills a 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera that was formed around 7,700 years ago by the collapse of the volcano Mt. Mazama.
#TopoTuesday The Skeleton Coast, a stretch in Namibia, is where the Atlantic's Benguela Current meets the coast. Known for shipwrecks, dense fog, and harsh winds, it hosts wildlife like lions, elephants, and rhinos. Once called "The Gates of Hell," its also a beautiful place.
#TopoTuesday, Fairy circles are mysterious, circular patches of barren land surrounded by grass, commonly found in arid regions like Namibia and Australia. Their origins are debated, with theories ranging from termite activity to water competition among plants, creating striking landscapes.
Happy #TopoTuesday! 🎅🌎 Did you know Santa’s North Pole home is atop shifting Arctic sea ice, not solid land like the South Pole? Beneath lies the Arctic Ocean floor, featuring the Lomonosov Ridge and Gakkel Ridge. Climate change threatens this icy landscape, reshaping topography and ecosystems!
