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SCENE 01 / 04 · DELTA
LENADELTA
[ 01 ] THE PLACE
The Lena is one of the great rivers of Siberia. Before it reaches the Laptev Sea it breaks into a delta of hundreds of channels and many thousands of small lakes, set in permafrost tundra.
In near-infrared the living tundra turns crimson and open water goes almost black, because water absorbs nearly all of that light. The contrast lets us trace every channel on every pass, and see which ones moved since the last.
[ 02 ] TWO PASSES
BEFORE / AFTER
LATE MAY · RIVER ICEMID JULY · OPEN WATER
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Break-up reaches the delta in late May and June; the channels go from white to black in a few weeks. DRAG, CLICK, OR USE ← →
[ 03 ] DELIVERY LOG
- SCENELENA_DELTA
- BANDNIR_842NM
- CLOUD04%
- SUN_EL38°
- OPEN_WATERSEASONAL
- STATUSDELIVERED
The same scene, as the terminal sees it: one character per pixel, darkest ground to densest glyph.
[ 04 ] FOUR BANDS, ONE PASS