4K Rivers

October 1, 2023 9:38 AM

4K Rivers "An ongoing series of vibrant river and delta images from North America and other parts of the world. The images are constructed using high-resolution elevation data." [via]
posted by dhruva (12 comments total)

Wow! Gorgeous.
posted by doctornemo at 10:27 AM on October 1, 2023

Beautiful and thought-provoking.
posted by brambleboy at 10:28 AM on October 1, 2023

I wish the images were tagged and searchable.
posted by kokaku at 11:29 AM on October 1, 2023 [6 favorites]

Absolutely love these.

Side note: great that Kottke's back.
posted by theora55 at 11:32 AM on October 1, 2023 [2 favorites]

There’s a link at the bottom of the page to a couple Flickr albums, and it appears that they’re tagged there (and should be searchable). For instance this one is tagged “murray river” and “australia” and has geographic EXIF data as well
posted by duien at 3:04 PM on October 1, 2023

Oh my!
posted by obfuscation at 3:57 PM on October 1, 2023

Whoa. These are lovely. Thanks, dhruva.
posted by heyho at 4:02 PM on October 1, 2023

Shades of the Fisk photogeology project on the Mississippi.

I see new orleans and wax lake outlet.

It would be cool to see Neptune Pass, the newest arm of the Mississippi Delta. Apparently it deposited about 6,000 acres of land in the last high river years
posted by eustatic at 4:21 PM on October 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

Thanks for sharing. They're beautiful and they make a great screen saver.
posted by Evstar at 4:47 PM on October 1, 2023

The website also leads you to this presentation by the creator of the images. There are also tutorials if you want a deep dive!
posted by piyushnz at 5:35 PM on October 1, 2023

Stunning! So alien looking without the context of green land and blue water. These are great, thanks for sharing.
posted by donuy at 6:36 PM on October 1, 2023

I’m curious if I can identify my beloved Cuyahoga amongst these (if it’s there).
posted by slogger at 9:14 PM on October 1, 2023