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mudwerks · 2 years

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Columbia Icefields, Banff-Jasper Highway, Alberta, 1953

Provincial Archives of Alberta, OS.54

#Columbia Icefields #Banff-Jasper Highway #Alberta #canada #vintage #1953 #woman #car

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thorsenmark · 8 months

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Looking at Wildflowers While Enjoying Views of Mount Saskatchewan (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Here I backed up after finding this patch of fireweed. I wanted to include it in the image...kind of like the river and mountains were the idyllic backdrop to appreciate wildness of nature.

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eopederson2 · 10 months

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Moraine, Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park, Alberta, 2006.

As glaciers melt and retreat, they leave behind a distinctive landscape.

#landscape #mountains #glaciology #moraine #jasper national park #alberta #canada #2006 #photographers on tumblr #columbia icefield

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dustedmagazine · 2 years

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Nate Wooley — Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes (Pyroclastic)

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Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes by Nate Wooley

The second album by Nate Wooley’s Columbia Icefield band adopts an almost Tom Petty-like stance vis-a-vis hard luck. His liner note reads, “This album is dedicated to those who recognize living as a heroic act: the occupiers of sunup barstools; the cubicle-planted; the ghosts of Greyhounds; the reasonably sketchy. A Burlap hero is one who marches—consciously or not— back to the sea in hopes of making no splash, who understands and embraces the imperfection of being, and in that way, stretches the definition of sainthood to fit.”

The music’s sound can easily resonate with suffering. Each ensemble performance plays out at length, with two or three players moving at a pace that would make it easy for the titular glacier to keep up while one or two generates stress from within. The core band contains musicians — guitarist Mary Halvorson, pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, drummer Ryan Sawyer — who are equally adept at inhabiting and subverting stasis, and guest Mat Maneri and Trevor Dunn thicken the atmosphere with further murky layers of (respectively) viola and electric bass. Framing them are much shorter pieces constructed from icefield recordings and amplified trumpet exhalations so cold that they’ll turn blood to slushy ice.

When he takes the lead, Wooley’s horn comes wreathed in reverb, floating gradually decaying melodies that hover like Miles Davis blowing cold and lonely from that ski-lift overhead. Taken in combination with the CD’s frosty artwork, this could almost be The Great Lost Miles Davis ECM Record, with production and imagery converging far up the fjord where the snow never melts. In the past, when Wooley has taken on an historic monolith, he’s talked about it. This time, there’s no direct commentary, but a sympathetic vibration emerges. The ECM look and sound was nothing if not romantic, and Petty sang about losers in order to celebrate them. There’s a moment partway through Ancient Songs of Burlap Heroes where the action bogs down in a puddle of melting water, and then rouses itself for another round of baleful, slow-motion melody; you can almost imagine the musicians taking turns putting down their instruments and coming over to pull a coat around the trudging hero’s shoulder.

Bill Meyer

#nate wooley #ancient songs of burlap heroes #pyroclastic #bill meyer #albumreview #dusted magazine #Columbia Icefield #susan alcorn #mary halvorson #ryan sawyer #mat manieri #trevor dunn #tom petty #miles davis #ecm records

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operaqueen · 2 years

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Jasper national park, Alberta Canada, July 2022.

#jasper #jasper national park #icefields parkway #columbia icefield #canada #rocky mountains #rockies #mountains #canadian rockies

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footloose-travel · 1 year

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Looking down the Athabasca Glacier into the smoke.

#world tour #canada #Columbia icefield #athabasca glacier #smoke #alberta

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lyssahumana · 1 year

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#Nate Wooley Columbia Icefield #records #record covers

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hungerofhadarr · 2 months

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You must choose . There is no other , you cannot change around who goes where . Either you get in the greyhound bus with them or you do not . You can choose how the day goes however

#i think I should make a mass effect andromeda version of this actually #added Mordin to be fair … almost didn’ t #mass effect #mass effect poll #this is literally a nothingburger poll but it is fun to me

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northameicanblog · 4 months

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Athabasca River, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada: The Athabasca River is a river in Alberta, Canada, which originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than 1,231 km before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Wikipedia

#Athabasca River #Jasper National Park #Alberta #Canada

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waheelawhisperer · 6 months

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Pick a new collab for arknights and outline the plotblurb for the event.

I considered Bloodborne but we kinda already have that with the Abyssal Hunters

I considered RWBY but I sorta already did that in a prior post

Let's go with a crossover with professional basketball in a Space Jam-esque goofy event where the Rhodes Island Defenders have to save the world from whatever the fuck necessitated the construction of the false sky that Kirsten broke by defeating them in an exhibition match. The players train with NBA Hall-of-Famers at their respective positions, while Coach Doctor learns strategy and tactics from the legendary Gregg Popovich. The roster is as follows:

Point Guard: Nearl (trainer: Steph Curry)

Shooting Guard: Horn (trainer: Dwyane Wade)

Small Forward: Saria (trainer: Kevin Durant )

Power Forward: Eunectes (trainer: Dirk Nowitzki)

Center: Hoshiguma (trainer: Shaquille O'Neal)

The players on the roster all get basketball skins, as does Amiya, who gets a lore-relevant Defender Alter as one of the team's substitutes and the one who scores the game-winning buzzer-beater. She later uses her newfound skills to dunk on Theresis and take her place as the King of Fiends, ruler of the Royal Court.

Blemishine, Bagpipe, new 6-star event operator Kirsten Wright, Gavial, and Ch'en all get cheerleader skins. Amiya's associated cheerleader is Kal'tsit, but she threatened Closure to keep the skin from showing up in the shop, thus forever depriving us of the ability to deploy Mon3tr with a skirt and pom-poms.

The event starts with the Galleria Stellaria crashing down through the hole in the sky it initially ascended through and landing near the border between Columbia and Sami. Saria, recieving Kirsten's distress call and fearing what the Columbian government will do to her after her actions in Lone Trail (because her first thought is still to protect her), asks Rhodes Island to recover her from the wreckage before either the DOD or Maylander can arrive. Upon receiving medical treatment, Kirsten reveals the existence of invaders from beyond the stars and warns that Terra has limited time to prepare. As Rhodes Island's operators clash with DOD/Maylander strike teams, Kirsten informs the Doctor that the combined military might of Terra's sovereign nations is insufficient to repel the impending attack, but mentions that the files she stole and decrypted from one of the enemy ships implies that they can be convinced to retreat by defeating their mightiest warriors in a form of ritualistic combat known only as... "basketball".

Saria arrives at Rhodes Island to check on Kirsten and they have many Yuri Moments together while everyone else in the room stands there coughing uncomfortably. Kal'tsit contacts the Maylander Foundation and the Tin Man arrives shortly after, bearing a missive from President Mark Max on behalf of the Columbian government. The Tin Man provides all the data Columbia's archives have on this mysterious "basket ball", warning the assembled members of Rhine Lab/Rhodes Island that everything he has shared is highly classified and that the President expects their discretion. Most of the data is useless, but a report from a Columbian research station in Sami indicates that more information about "basketball" can be found by traversing one of the many dimensional rifts in the northern icefields. Rhodes Island calls in every ally it can find, assembles a team of its hardiest operators, and sets out for the frozen north.

After fighting its way through hordes of icefield demons, Rhodes Island and its allies manage to locate a likely portal and send forth communications and scouting drones in hopes of locating information about "basketball". What they find is a nation similar in many respects to the Columbian Union, though its advanced technology is in many respects very different from what they're used to seeing on Terra. Fending off attacks from the icefield demons, our heroes are about to lose hope when one of the communications drones picks up a reference to a place known as... Madison Square Garden. Video and audio footage of that night's Knicks vs. Spurs game is sufficient to convince Kal'tsit and the Tin Man that they have found the "basketball" they seek. The rules of the sport are not overly complicated, but developing the skills and strategies in the time they have available is not considered feasible, so Rhodes Island sends Operator Hellagur, at great risk, to make contact with the winning coach in hopes of securing his assistance. A bargain is struck - Pop will tutor the players in basketball basics and teach the Doctor how to coach the team, while a group of the best players to ever touch the game will help Rhodes Island's roster refine its techniques. In exchange, Rhine Labs will help the "National Basketball Association" adapt its broadcasts for a Terran audience.

The Doctor recruits other Rhodes Island operators to serve as the Rhodes Island Defenders' practice partners while the Columbian military sets up defenses around the portal and its communications array. The team improves steadily, but it feels like something essential is missing. No one has any clue what that might be, until one day when Kirsten shows up at practice claiming to have found the missing component. She mentions that after poring over every scrap of footage she could find, she determined that what the team needs is a group of fans and well-wishers, and follows this pronouncement by unveiling official Marthe cheerleader outfits, commissioned jointly by Rhodes Island and Rhine Labs. Several operators volunteer to form the Rhodes Island cheerleading squad (Ch'en gets bullied into it), and Bibeak alters the uniforms to fit them. They practice alongside the basketball team, and the players demonstrate notable improvement with something to simulate the adoration of their fans.

The fated day arrives, and after a brief clash with the alien forces, wherein Rhodes Island and its allies just barely manage to hold the line, an avenue of communication is opened with Kirsten's help and the challenge is issued: if the Rhodes Island defenders can defeat the alien invaders in a game of basketball, they will win their world a brief reprieve. Using alien technology, the match will be broadcast all across Terra, and people from every nation on the planet send Rhodes Island and its team tokens of their support. The world comes together, sort of, in perhaps the first time in Kal'tsit's living memory, to her equal parts amazement and chagrin.

The match is epic, brutal, and violent, with things like "fouls" reserved for injuries at least as severe as broken bones. The team fights hard and gives as good as it gets, but eventually star point guard Margaret Nearl is forced to leave the court with serious injuries after she leads an epic comeback and puts her body on the line to protect her teammates. Amiya subs in for her as Saria runs the offense, and the Doctor's coaching is crucial to allowing Rhodes Island to keep the game close. At a pivotal moment, Amiya manifests Nearl's shield and swordspear, much like she did with Chi Xiao against Talulah, and strikes down the enemy's deadliest player before sinking a fadeaway jumper as the clock runs out.

All of Terra erupts into cheers. The alien invaders retreat. Rhodes Island and its operators are hailed as heroes worldwide. Many people get drunk and party. Lots of babies are born nine months later. Someone posts pictures of Kal'tsit's ass on social media. Only a few in the know worry about the eventual return of the invaders.

Kirsten Wright is the 6-star banner operator for this event. She's the first operator with the ability to switch classes outright during an operation - her base class is an offensive ranged unit whose kit focuses around manipulating the planetarium spheres from her boss fight, while her alternative class is a Bard Supporter and features her donning her cheerleader outfit to encourage her allies. The banner 5-star is Jordan, a Forte Sniper with a sick jump shot and a habit of sticking her tongue out in battle. The event welfare is S&C Coach Sideroca, a 5-star Instructor Guard who provides stat buffs and heals to Guards, Defenders, Snipers, Vanguards, and Specialists.

Skins include the aforementioned basketball outfits and cheerleader getups, as well as Coach Dobermann and Athletic Trainer Silence. General Manager Hellagur, Towel Boy Bison, and Concession Stand Worker Schwarz (she hates customer service) also make a limited-time appearance in the shop.

The final boss is actually five different units at once. As each unit is defeated, the remaining units gain buffs depending on which unit was defeated previously. When all five are defeated, they revive with greatly reduced HP and increased movement speed, becoming briefly unblockable as they mount a last-ditch drive to the basket. Take them down quickly, or all of Terra will pay the price...

#arknights

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paulzizkaphoto · 1 year

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"Icicle Hollow" This photograph shot a few days ago is an example of the fleeting, fascinating features I regularly come across on my visits to the local glaciers. I spotted a small opening in a cornice while wandering with friends along the edge of the Columbia Icefield, and allowed my curiosity to get the best of me. Upon closer inspection, the hole opened onto a small but stunning crystalline chamber within the glacier. At the end of the room, icicles dangled from the ceiling, shining brightly against the blue walls beyond. Those are beautiful, intricate features that only exist for a few days at most. In fact, given the wind that day, that tunnel probably already lies behind a wall of snow and will likely never be visited again. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/VwYskFy

#Instagram #IFTTT

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thorsenmark · 1 year

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Mount Saskatchewan and Cleopatra’s Needle (Icefields Parkway) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view I'd seen many a year ago and definitely had to capture again! This day I found the weather much better with the blue skies and clouds all around. I kept a wider angle view, wanting to include the waters of the North Saskatchewan River.

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natures-moments · 1 year

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Mount Athabasca, Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada

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rabbitcruiser · 2 days

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Labyrinth Park, Grande Cache (No. 5)

Banff and Jasper are the main communities in the region. The length is defined by the Icefields Parkway, and it is crossed by the Trans-Canada Highway and the Yellowhead Highway into British Columbia. David Thompson Highway leads from the Rockies into central Alberta from Saskatchewan River Crossing, and Banff Windermere Parkway leads from Castle Junction (south of Lake Louise) through the Kootenay National Park to the Columbia River valley. The Bighorn Highway defines most of the eastern limit of the region.

Health care has been the responsibility of Alberta Health Services, since the province's health regions were amalgamated in 2008. Before then, Calgary Health Region was the health region ensuring well-being in the south of this region, while the north was supervised by the Aspen Regional Health Authority.

Source: Wikipedia

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nitewrighter · 1 month

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Tag Game

Tagged by @stealingpotatoes!

Last Song: Advanced-Remix by callmestevieray and Melkin

Currently Watching: Just got season 2 of Twin Peaks from the library, baybee!!!

Three Ships: Clois, Boostle, Labru

Favorite Colors: Green and yellowy-orange

Currently Reading: Soooo many DC comics and I just finished "Catching the Big Fish" by David Lynch.

Currently Consuming: Just had a berry danish!

First Ship: hmmmm uh that's tough because like, there's fictional relationships you like, and then fictional relationships you *ship* as part of participation in fandom culture. In the case of the former... probably Saya/Haji in Blood+. In the case of the latter... Theon/Jeyne from A Song of Ice and Fire.

Place of Birth: I was totally born in the United States of A from a normal human woman. I was definitely not grown from a bacterial culture scraped from an impact crater of unknown origin in the Columbia Icefield. I have teeth and I grew them myself from my skull which is also definitely mine and I have always had since my birth which was normal.

Current Location: California.

Last Movie: Late Night with the Devil! It was so fun!!!

Currently Working On: Like 5 different WIPs. I should just pull the trigger on my Toyman fic because that one's at 12k words and there's mostly just some logistical stuff I need to work out with that one.

Tagging @gwendolyn-of-loxley, @theaustinstollhaus, @hyperbishopsupreme, @rennskye, @severedned, @chess-blackmyre

#tag games

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katblu42 · 10 months

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Day 14 Journey from Jasper to Banff First stop Athabasca Falls

And a quick roadside stop at a place I think Bruce (the bus driver) called Tickle Falls.

Then it was off to the Columbia Icefield Centre, with the view of 3 glaciers . . .

Hilda and Athabasca glaciers (left)

and Athebasca and Dome glaciers (right)

Dome Glacier is one of four glaciers fed by snow/ice/water from Snow Dome peak. Water from Snow Dome's summit can end up in the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, or the Atlantic Ocean!

Then, all aboard an Ice Explorer

to go walk on Athabasca Glacier (and drink the glacial water!).

(Proof I was actually there)

Next stop was the Skywalk over the Sunwapta Valley

with views through the glass floor.

Then, lunch at the Altitude restaurant in the Columbia Icefield Centre before heading back on the road.

We got stuck in traffic at The Big Bend for around 35mins. This is the place where the two teams building the Icefields Parkway (one from Jasper in BC, the other from Banff in Alberta) were supposed to meet. Apparently some of the calculations were slightly out, so they "fixed" it with a giant curve in the road to bring the two ends together.

(You'll have to look closely to see the queued traffic in both directions.)

Our final official stop of the day was Peyto Lake (or a lookout above it.)

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