# @discovery on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cba6FvfPf9z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12157249-discovery-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/da064e1eee.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-03-22T21:00:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Discovery (@Discovery) — https://gondola.cc/Discovery

## Caption

📸 + 💭: skypacking 

Today is #WorldWaterDay!

This year's theme is "Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible."

For much of its history, the Colorado River Delta supplied the Mexicali Valley with ample #groundwater, making it a fertile wetlands region. As civilization in North America spread westward, excessive damning upstream has turned the region into a desolate plain, with practically no #freshwater making it all the way to the Delta. These massive tree patterns are all that remains of the Delta's ancient river channels that once teamed with life. 

I flew my powered #paraglider 6,000 feet above the Delta to capture these images with my handheld camera. Even at this height, the patterns were so vast that I had to stitch multiple photos together in order to fit them into a single photo. 

#drone #photography

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drone, paraglider, worldwaterday, photography, freshwater, groundwater

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