Great Canadian Skyline Thread II

[Chadillaccc]

*Arid zone in the south.

Edmonton also has a kilometre wide, 50 meter deep, undevelopable river valley, hence the extra vegetation. Every park in Calgary had to be set aside as park space. Almost every tree outside of the river valley in Calgary would not survive without human intervention, as our natural state is semi arid grassland.

[Coldrsx]

You do realize that much of the valley was a coal mining operation, gravel extraction, dumps, brick factories and general dumping zones...

[Chadillaccc]

Is… is that a repudiation of what I said somehow? It's the same as many of Calgary's largest green areas; Nose Hill, Fish Creek (two largest single urban parks on the continent), Paskapoo Slopes, etc. The past doesn't change the realities of the present (the fact that it's greenspace).

[Repthe250]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

*Arid zone in the south.

Edmonton also has a kilometre wide, 50 meter deep, undevelopable river valley, hence the extra vegetation. Every park in Calgary had to be set aside as park space. Almost every tree outside of the river valley in Calgary would not survive without human intervention, as our natural state is semi arid grassland.

Calgary is “arid”? Last time I checked, the interior of BC was classified as “semi-arid” and I find it much, much different than Calgary’s climate

[Chadillaccc]

Yes, Calgary is on the border of the semi-arid koppen climate classification. The southeastern part of the metropolitan area is within that zone. Our biome as classified by the WWF is Temperate Grasslands, Shrublands, and Savannas, subcategory Northern Mixed Grasslands. This is like… known facts.

Reminding me of the other week when someone on here said Vancouver and eastern Van Island aren't in the koppen Mediterranean climate zone… which of course it is.


As for the southern interior comparison… lmao as if all semi arid climates are identical or something? Calgary receives marginally more precipitation than Kelowna (avgs. 419 mm vs 387 mm), and considerably more sunshine (avgs. 2396 hours vs 1949), and a nearly identical avg humidity (48.3% vs 52.1%)… so it's really not that different except for temperatures. Using Kelowna of course being a typical example of the southern interior as the only population centre of consequence.

[Martin Mtl]

Old Montreal


https://www.instagram.com/p/COJ7LBynoeI/

[RoshanMcG]

Spring Garden road area of Halifax, looking North

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[J.OT13]

Skyline from Bronson Park, up on the downtown escarpment.

Looking west and looking north.




https://twitter.com/mchkzn/status/1386394825889521665

[Chadillaccc]

April Skylines by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[Marty_Mcfly]

[Rico Rommheim]

Interesting. You can see Halifax's downward topography.

[Marty_Mcfly]

^ St. John's

[Hali87]

To be fair I also thought that was Halifax at first (viewed from Dartmouth) but... the water is in the wrong place. (or rather, the land is in the wrong place)

[905er]

the cluster of office buildings in St. John's looks better partially obstructed by trees, and particularly from that angle.. looks denser.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Marty_Mcfly

^ St. John's

WHOA.

They got me.

[Spocket]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Interesting. You can see Halifax's downward topography.

All the way from St. Johns? Wow...you've got amazing vision!

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by Spocket

All the way from St. Johns? Wow...you've got amazing vision!

No, but I can actually hear the entire city of St. John's tonight erupting in cheer and merriment "MONTREALERS THINK WE LOOK LIKE HALIFAX!!"

Quite deafening, actually.

[Repthe250]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Yes, Calgary is on the border of the semi-arid koppen climate classification. The southeastern part of the metropolitan area is within that zone. Our biome as classified by the WWF is Temperate Grasslands, Shrublands, and Savannas, subcategory Northern Mixed Grasslands. This is like… known facts.

Reminding me of the other week when someone on here said Vancouver and eastern Van Island aren't in the koppen Mediterranean climate zone… which of course it is.


As for the southern interior comparison… lmao as if all semi arid climates are identical or something? Calgary receives marginally more precipitation than Kelowna (avgs. 419 mm vs 387 mm), and considerably more sunshine (avgs. 2396 hours vs 1949), and a nearly identical avg humidity (48.3% vs 52.1%)… so it's really not that different except for temperatures. Using Kelowna of course being a typical example of the southern interior as the only population centre of consequence.

Ok, bro. Chill.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by Repthe250

Ok, bro. Chill.

I provided facts, then chilled for the next 24 hours until you inexplicably responded, continuing to do so indefinitely. So, yup.


Anyway, here's a contribution to the thread…


A Late March Evening by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

[Nite]

Looks like Google Earth/Map have updated the 3d building layer for Toronto upto June 2019 for those curious, possibly Montreal and Vancouver as well and maybe more