Hills?

--- In spacesettlers, Steve Long wrote:

> Xenophile wrote:

>> --- In spacesettlers, Steve Long wrote:

>>> They probably concealed mechanisms, such as pumps for the
>>> waterfall I remember in one picture (which, strangely, did not
>>> display rotational curvature as it fell from partway up the end
>>> cap to the "floor".)

>> "rotational curvature," eh? We talking Coriolis again? This is
>> interesting. So would a waterfall twist on the way down, or fall
>> at a slant, or what?

> I believe it would twist, a gentle curve antispinward. This might
> be corrected by making the waterfall more of a tumbling stream, and
> making the antispin side of the watercourse higher, to "channel"
> the water into a more appropriate-to-a-planetary-surface path.
>
> Of course, you could really freak out flatlanders on vacation by
> leaving the waterfall alone and letting it curve. A cylinder
> spinning rapidly might even end up with a spiral waterfall. What a
> photograph to email back home!!!
>
> Steve

How beautiful! I simply *must* find an artist to paint this stuff
(and the money to hire him).

An outdoor sporting event, such as baseball, equestrian or soccer.

A family dinner, the habitat visible out the huge dining-room window.

A family outing, perhaps on bicycle (or horseback).

A formal, outdoor wedding in a park.

IRC as newlyweds, gazing in wonder at their new home.

"First Kiss" two nervous seven-year-olds, hiding behind tree in
playground, tentatively sharing that first kiss.

surf's up, dudes! A lake can have surfable waves (with high-tech
help).

a sailboat race (from shore or from the deck of one of the sailboats).