I’m lucky enough to live a short 20-minute drive from the point where North America’s two longest rivers meet. which means I get a lot of opportunities to photograph the confluence and to do so at different times of year. The two panoramas below were taken at a time when both rivers were near historically [...]
This is a composite of three photos taken at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in October 2012, at Fort Defiance State Park near Cairo, Illinois; the Ohio is on the left and the Mississippi on the right. Just over a year before, the point from where I took these photos was under [...]
It’s the heart of the summer, and the Mississippi River is running like molasses, at least in the South, just like John Phillips (formerly of the Mamas and Papas) sings in this song from 1969. Listen to more Songs of the Day here.
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