#dardanelle

[electronicsquid]

Dardanelle, Arkansas

(Robert W. Kelley. 1953)

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[earthstory]

The Sea of Marmara Nestled in between the Asian and European locales of Turkey, the Sea of Marmara is large inland body of water that links the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea. The narrow Bosphorus Strait, which separates Istanbul into its Asian and European territories, connects the Marmara to the Black Sea, while the Dardenelles Strait flows from the Marmara into the Aegean Sea. Its strategic location makes the Sea of Marmara an important port for trade and shipping between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean — an economic feature that has lasted since the days of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.

Similar to the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara possesses a unique layered structure with denser, saltier water at its bottom and fresher water at the surface. With rivers and waterways that contribute organic-rich runoff from the continental interior and the surrounding cities and villages, the top freshwater layer is a natural breeding ground for microscopic algae, also known as phytoplankton. This image, captured by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite in May of this year, shows the swirling blooms of phytoplankton in the Sea of Marmara. The most concentrated swirls reveal the currents and eddies in the Sea of Marmara — a complicated mix of patterns compounded from the inflow and outflow of water from the Bosphorus and Dardenelle Straits, as well as interference from the rugged Turkish shores and the disjointed, tectonically active seafloor. -DC Photo credit: https://flic.kr/p/tEW8fC More reading: http://bit.ly/1KTWeBK

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Woodmen of the World headstones, Dardanelle, Arkansas.

If you are wondering where you have heard of Dardanelle, Arkansas before - it may be from the movie/book True Grit. Dardanelle, in Yell County, is home to the heroine of the novel, Mattie Ross. It is also home to fictional Lawyer J. Noble Daggett :).

[karanlikmadde07]

Eski bir Rum köyü olan Zeytinliköyden bir sokak karesi.... Gökçeada/Çanakkale

[naweeintyria]

My salads! (Names and more in caption)

More info here!

I swear that three of them has a name starting with a D is pure coincidence ^3^’

[queennawee]

Inktober 2017 jour 2 #inktober2017 #inktober #myart

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