Flying over the Ohio River below Evansville, along the border of Indiana (left) and Kentucky (right and top), reveals truths of geology and a metaphor for life. As the newly risen, golden sunlight reflects off the river and riparian wetlands, we see prior courses and old banks marked in the arcs: the closer they are to the current stream, the newer the curving sediment deposits. Left to its own ways, the river eventually will take a shortcut across the neck, probably in a huge flooding episode over just a few days—an instant in geologic time. That will cut off the big loop and leave it as a slowly filling oxbow lake, with Henderson, KY (top middle) along its shores. Our own paths change courses too, sometimes abruptly, and we must choose when to either roll with the flow or get away from the raging torrent.
Over Mt. Vernon, IN (28 Feb 20) Looking ESECourses Change
Flying over the Ohio River below Evansville, along the border of Indiana (left) and Kentucky (right and top), reveals truths of geology and a metaphor for life. As the newly risen, golden sunlight reflects off the river and riparian wetlands, we see prior courses and old banks marked in the arcs: the closer they are to the current stream, the newer the curving sediment deposits. Left to its own ways, the river eventually will take a shortcut across the neck, probably in a huge flooding episode over just a few days—an instant in geologic time. That will cut off the big loop and leave it as a slowly filling oxbow lake, with Henderson, KY (top middle) along its shores. Our own paths change courses too, sometimes abruptly, and we must choose when to either roll with the flow or get away from the raging torrent.
Over Mt. Vernon, IN (28 Feb 20) Looking ESE