The full Walden quote is:
That way I looked between and over the near green hills to some distant and higher ones in the horizon, tinged with blue. Indeed, by standing on tiptoe I could catch a glimpse of some of the peaks of the still bluer and more distant mountain ranges in the northwest, those true-blue coins from heaven's own mint, and also of some portion of the village. But in other directions, even from this point, I could not see over or beyond the woods which surrounded me. It is well to have some water in your neighborhood, to give buoyancy to and float the earth. One value even of the smallest well is, that when you look into it you see that earth is not continent but insular. This is as important as that it keeps butter cool. When I looked across the pond from this peak toward the Sudbury meadows, which in time of flood I distinguished elevated perhaps by a mirage in their seething valley, like a coin in a basin, all the earth beyond the pond appeared like a thin crust insulated and floated even by this small sheet of interverting water, and I was reminded that this on which I dwelt was but dry land.
It includes a simile about a coin and a statement of equivalence about the place where he dwelt being dry land.
Two similes.
The elevation of Meadows Field Airport is 507-ft above sea level.
"The sediment deposited by the Nile River has formed a wide delta at its mouth.""Sediment can eventually fill up shallow mountain lakes until they become meadows."(metaphorically) "That bottom drawer is stuffed with the sediment of my school days."(humorously) "The new geologist on our team just showed me a lovely sediment."
Usually, but the humidity varies considerably according to the presence or absence of water (still or streams), air temperature and pressure, and natural ventilation. I have found very rapid relief from hay-fever when entering a cave thatswallows a stream, having walked very feverishly to it across meadows, and I ascribe this to a combination of high humidity and modest temperatureas well as lack of pollen in the cave's air.
There is nothing negative about open pit mines in and of themselves. However, open pit mines have three problems. The first problem comes with what the mine owners do with the overburden over the ore. The second problem comes with what the mine owners do with the tailings. And the third problem involves what to do with the pit after the ore is extracted. Different governments handle it in different ways. In the United States, The State of Pennsylvania has a law that requires the mining company to restore the land. Where there were open pit mines, there are now beautiful meadows. In West Virginia were there were open pit mines, there are denuded hill tops and acid filled streams.
I'm trying to figure it out myself!
A coin and a crust.
From the peak, you could see the Sudbury meadows across the pond. During floods, these meadows might appear elevated due to an optical illusion, like a coin in a basin. The seething valley could create a mirage effect, making the meadows seem higher than usual.
Tim Meadows's birth name is Timothy Meadows.
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Jayne Meadows's birth name is Jane Meadows Cotter.
Krista Meadows's birth name is Krista Elaine Meadows.
Stanley Meadows's birth name is Leonard Stanley Meadows.
Vance Meadows's birth name is Vance Thompson Meadows.
Vaughn Meadows's birth name is Vaughn Wilson Meadows.
Laura Meadows's birth name is Laura Ann Meadows.
Punky Meadows's birth name is Edwin Lionel Meadows.
Devon Meadows's birth name is Devon Wayne Meadows.