#topography

[prokopetz]

When you make a character shorter you've gotta preserve their total surface area, so yes, it is in fact necessary to also give them a fatter ass. It's just math.

[digitalfossils]

[illustratus]

The Siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys by Pieter Snayers

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

The Leaves, Vlorë, Albania,

Davide Macullo Architects

[zinjanthropusboisei]

FREE MAPS

Today's PSA about resources from the federal government that you might not know about: virtually all of the USGS's maps are in the public domain and free to download. More than a century's worth of them. They even have a nice map-based browser so you can search by location and filter by date, scale, etc. You can also generate your own topo map using the best available data for whatever area you define (within the US) using the topoBuilder application.

You can ALSO get printed versions for quite a low price - I just got one for my office for $9 plus shipping, which came to ~$15 total, I think.

SO if for INSTANCE you wanted a cool old map for your wall and you went to Etsy and found some schmuck selling reprints of old USGS maps for +$50 bucks - THEY'RE SCAMMING YOUUUUUUU they are depriving you of your American right to life, liberty and the pursuit of topographic data

topoView | USGS

Explore, interact, and download topographic maps from the USGS free of charge.

[vox-anglosphere]

British Isles from space

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Draining Topography is Hard

At first glance, draining an ocean seems simple like a simple problem: just put a drain at the lowest point. But, as shown in this Minute Physics video, the problem is harder than it sounds. (Video and image credit: Minute Physics)

[arc-hus]

Nahinuena House, Gorliz, Spain - BeAr