Ground for Inspiration

Here is a trove of wildland scenes, each one with unique potential to enrich storytelling, provide a memorable adventure game setting, evoke artistic interpretation, or support inspiring travel.  Each scene description includes detailed boots-on-the-ground observations of a distinctive landscape feature and demonstrates how earth science perspectives can lend greater narrative potential.  Sample these descriptions of intriguing places by browsing through one of these menus: ALL SCENES, ENVIRONMENTS, ELEVATION LEVELS, and THEMES. 

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Woodland Box Canyon

This deep canyon is blocked at its head by a rock overhang and waterfall - an ice fall in winter.  Woods cap its high cliffs, making it possible to wander close to a precipice unsuspecting.  What are the possible escape routes from this deep enclosure?  How does the gentle flow of water trickling through it change with the seasons?  How could fighters on the canyon floor  take advantage of its varied terrain?
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