Sarah Teniente
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September 17, 2015
Creative Writing Assignment The picture I have chosen is in the series by Paula Nelson in the Autumn 2012: Celebration of the Season and the picture itself is by Amber Waterman/Sun Journal. The picture is of two Adirondack chairs on a dock along the Androscoggin River in Turner, Maine on October 3, 2012. The Androscoggin River is Maine's third largest river. The picture shows the autumn leaves and their vibrant colors. From the picture it looks like fog, but once researching the Androscoggin River, I found out that it was once one of the most polluted rivers in America according to the Maine Rivers’ website. That would mean the fog could also be pollution in the atmosphere because there are mills that discharged an extraordinary amount of toxic pollution. The leaves on the ground look wet, some probably washed up from the river, or the river flowed onto the land to make it dewy. One thing that is not in the picture is any birds, animals in the water, or any animals on the ground. I also read on Maine Rivers’ website that Androscoggin’s water quality, odor, and clarity become noticeably poor in certain areas throughout the river. The picture relates to what we have learned so far regarding Physical Geography by the seasons changing. The energy from the sun causes the leaves to change colors. An impact on the environment would be the pollution because of the mills. The pollution is not just getting in the air but the water. The water cycle makes the pollution get spread quicker as well. The energy from the sun would cause the river water to evaporate and turn into condensation then precipitation. Once it rains that precipitation would have some hazardous effect on the lithosphere. The pollution can also harm the plants and trees and that would cause an impact on the food chain because it would affect the herbivores.
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