The eternal dance of water

Our waterways dance through lush green forests, industrial cities, into vast oceans, even underground and dried up river beds leave their trails as they drift across the earth, supporting all life.

Ethiopia: aerials of Lower Omo River Basin in flood stage

Mexico: Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve

USA: Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, Morgan City

Zambia, confluence of tributaries of Zambezi River

USA: Louisiana, Atchafalaya Basin, St Martin Parish

USA California, confluence of San Joaquin and False River

Namibia: Naukluft Park and mountains in Namibia Desert

Inspired by The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge – dance.

Posted by Jasmine Graf, Associate Director of No Water No Life.

Textures of the Natural World

If alphabets represent the sounds of language, can texture articulate the harmonies of nature?

USA: California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara, Arroyo Burro Beach (aka Hendry’s Beach)

USA: California, Ragged Point, southern end of Big Sur, Monteray cypress trees (Cupressus macrocarpa)

USA Vermont, Lamoille County, Stowe (Morrisville), Jopson Lane, after winter icestorm

California: Death Valley NP, Artist’s Drive, detail and texture of rock formations, mineral deposits and volcanic ash cemented in rock.

ARG Valdes Peninsula, Argentina: Valdes Peninsula, Patagonia, Chubut Province, Punta Delgada, beach on Atlantic Ocean, red seaweed on sand

Canada: British Columbia, Mica Dam Road views, rivulet of water (marked # 243) near Downie Creek flowing into Lake Revelstoke (part of the Columbia River), Indian Paintbrush in bloom

USA: California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara, Hendry’s Beach in morning mist,

East Africa, Kenya, Pammie’s safari, Amboseli Reserve, dried surface of Amboseli Lake bed (soil is white from the alkalinity)

USA: Oregon, Columbia River Basin, Columbia Gorge, wet cliff wall vegetation at Wahkeena Falls

USA New Jersey, Watchung, Raritan River Basin, Green Brook subBasin, Watchung Reservation, Green Brook just below Seeley’s Pond in winter, sun and trees reflected in water

USA California, Los Padres National Forest, (from Paradise Road access off Rt 153 to Santa Ynez Valley), Santa Ynez River, dry stream bed due to 3 year drought

Canada: Alberta, Columbia Icefield Parkway, Sunwapta Falls

USA: Wyoming, Mississipppi River Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Artist Point, southern rim of canyon with conifers below Lower Yellowstone Falls

East AFrica: Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park /Ishasha, African common white butterflies (Belenois creona severina) on moist patch in road after rain, aqua-green swallowtail butterfly (Papilio Bromius , Broad green-banded swallowtail) flying off

View more textures of nature in our Flickr album!

Posted in response to “Alphabet” – Word a Week Photo Challenge.

Posted by Jasmine Graf, Associate Director of No Water No Life.

WATER CONNECTS ALL

No Water – No Life!

Let’s protect it!

Caribbean: Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman Island, turtle farm, green sea turtles (“Chelonia mydas”) swimming,

Zambia: Livingston, two men poling dugout canoe across Zambezi River upstream off Victoria Falls

Botswana: Chobe NP, elephant (“Loxodonta africana”) drinking from Chobe River

Croatia, Dalmatian Coast, Hvar, small fish swimming in the harbor water over algae

USA: New Jersey, Upper Raritan River Basin, Califon, River Road, South Branch of the Raritan River, Ken Lockwood Gorge, fly-fisherman

Ethiopia: cattle drinking water

US: WAshington, Columbia River Basin, near Brewster, irrigation of cherry trees

US: Washington, Columbia River Basin, east side of Hanford Nuclear Site, near Ephrata, wheel controlling level of irrigation canal

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Dimika, Hamar tribal region, woman holding empty waterbottle on market day

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Omo River in the delta, Dassenech country, at low water season, Dassenech children swimming in Omo in front of livestock on shore and sorghum fields

Tanzania: No Water No Life, Mara River Expedition, Musoma (on Lake Victoria), Samson Gesase’s cooperative horticultural farming scheme, farmer irrigating tomato plants with water carried bucket by bucket from Lake Victoria

USA: Wyoming, Mississipppi River Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Fishing Bridge, looking south into Yellowstone Lake from Yellowstone River

USA: Wyoming, Mississipppi River Basin, Yellowstone National Park, west side of road between Canyon Village and Fishing Bridge, ox bow of tributary to Yellowstone River, Hayden Valley with Crater Hills in background

Tanzania: No Water No Life Mara River Expedition, Masarua Dam water catchment, cattle livestock drinking water

Tanzania: No Water No Life Mara River Expedition, Musoma, Lake Victoria, Nyarusurya Beach Management Unit and fish market, women collecting water in buckets amidst fishing boats and water hyacinth

East AFrica: Uganda, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasinga Channel Boat Ride

Missouri: Southeast of Eminence (Ozarks), Rocky Falls, water source for Current River, boys swimming,

USA: New York, New York City, Manhattan, Central Park, wood duck (Aix sponsa, adult male, breeding) and mallard above, swimming

USA: Louisiana, St Francisville, two fishermen at sunset with fishing poles on banks of Mississippi River seen from banks of Bayou Sara

Tanzania: Kileo, TechnoServe and Grain Grower’s Co-op rice growing project, woman worker in rice paddies, with Mt Kilimanjaro in distance.

USA: Louisiana, the Atchafalaya Basin, Centerville, Cabot Corp. plant and barge on the IntraCoastal Waterway

East Africa, Kenya, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Mara Conservancy, Mara Triangle, Mara River Basin, hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Mara River

Kenya: Luo fishing village, men and women pulling in fishing lines.

Kenya: Amboseli, Maasai (aka Masai) child looking into water bucket,

Kenya: Nairobi National Park, ‘Scud,’ orphaned juvenile black rhinoceros (‘Diceros bicornis’) under the care of Daphne Sheldrick, drinking water at waterhole after mud bath

Kenya: Laikipia Plateau, Loisaba Wilderness (formerly Colcheccio Ranch), herd of Burchell’s zebra (‘Equus burchelli’) drinking in river,

Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Theme: Connected.

– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director

The changing colors of water

Kenya: Magado Crater, site of salt wells maintained by Meru people

USA: Washington, Columbia River Basin Expedition’11, Olympia, Boston Harbor on Budd Inlet, sunset, bonfire in foreground

Kenya: Aberdare, Treetops Lodge, waterhole at night with the full moon reflected in water

Ghana: Efufu, Hans Cottage Botel, West African dwarf crocodile (‘Ostcolaemus teraaspis’) in lake water

Tanzania: Zanzibar, view of Indian Ocean and local fishing boat from Matemwe Beach

USA: Maine, sunset over lake

New Jersey: Mountainville, reflections of trees in water

Part of the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge theme: ROY G. BIV.

– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director

Enveloped – weekly photo challenge

USA: California, Big Sur, Salmon Creek Falls, waterfall covered with lichens and wildflowers

East Africa, Kenya, Chalbi Desert, local house wrapped in cloth to prevent wind and dust from coming in

USA: Louisiana, Bayou Teche, duckweed covering a cypress-tupelo swamp

Texas: Tulia, weeds near cotton gin covered with blown cotton residue

USA: Vermont, Stowe Hollow riverbank vegetation on Christmas Day, covered with snow

East Africa, Kenya, Amboseli National Park, vine-covered tree at sunset, Thomson’s gazelles

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/enveloped/

– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director

On the banks of the Omo River

Ethiopia: Omo River Basin, Karo tribal farm (with irrigation) called Kundama, young girl displaying 3 catfish just caught, standing against field of sorghum

Ethiopia: Lower Omo River Basin, Lebuk, a Karo village, dance ceremony

Ethiopia: Omo Valley, Karo painting, bird’s eye view of Omo River, trees, snake, chicken, jug of water

These photos were selected in response to a weekly photo challenge – the theme is HAPPY.

Click here to view more images of Omo Valley cultures in Ethiopia.

– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director

Signs Along the Way

Here’s some of the signs we’ve come across during No Water No Life Expeditions over the years. Enjoy!

USA: Kentucky, Tennessee River Basin

Kenya: Mara River Basin, conservation sign in Mau Forest on Saosa River

USA: Tennessee River Basin, Chickamauga Dam owned by TVA

Kenya: Mara River Basin, Mulot

Kenya: Mara River Basin, Nairobi, pots of charcoal for sale for 30 Kenyan shillings each (50 US cents)

USA: Mississippi, Tennessee River Basin

USA: Kentucky, Tennessee River Basin

Posted in response to “A Word a Week” Challenge – Signs.

– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director

Daily Post – Weekly Photo Challenge: INSIDE

Kenya: Amboseli, Maasai woman and baby in entrance to dung hut

– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director

A Word a Week Challenge: LINES

Click on photos to enlarge and view captions.

USA: Louisiana, the Atchafalaya Basin, Terrabonne Parish, Cocodrie, Life vest and shellfishing traps, tongs and net on Bayou Petit Caillou

Canada: British Columbia, power transmission lines above Downie Creek, felled logs for path of those lines

US: Oregon, Columbia River Basin, The Dalles Dam, Mt Hood beyond

Kenya: Maasai (aka Masai) aerial view of lines of wildebeeste migration in Mara National Reserve, Mara Conservancy, Mara Triangle

USA: Louisiana, the Atchafalaya Basin, abandoned Bayou Sorrell Shell OIl Field

USA: Louisiana, Aerial photo of Atchafalaya Basin area, manmade canal off Intracoastal Waterway west of Morgan City, its sharp right-angle turn and straight lines disrupt natural flow of the basin’s waterways

USA: Louisiana, Melville, Atchafalaya Basin, natural gas pipeline crossing the Atchafalaya River, north of I-10

USA: Missouri, Middle Mississippi River Basin, West Alton

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