Peter Bautista on Nostr: npub1zdp33…2vqv8 It helps me to imagine that time by looking at topo/relief maps -- ...
npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 (npub1zdp…vqv8) It helps me to imagine that time by looking at topo/relief maps -- you can see the glacial terminal moraine running through Brooklyn and Queens:
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I'm a bit west of you I think (NJ), on the first major elevation rise west of the city. Here, there's a big bowl between the ridge I'm on and the Appalachians, that use to be a big old super cold lake with glacier at the head (Glacial Lake Passaic). A lot of boggy, marshy remains still.
(Google image search)
I'm a bit west of you I think (NJ), on the first major elevation rise west of the city. Here, there's a big bowl between the ridge I'm on and the Appalachians, that use to be a big old super cold lake with glacier at the head (Glacial Lake Passaic). A lot of boggy, marshy remains still.