The Future of Skyrim

          Skyrim has been around for thousands of years. The landscape hasn't changed much recently, but over time in Skyrim many mountain ranges, and even extreme dikes have formed all over the lands. Skyrim has quickly changing weather patterns as some people can seriously control the weather. Over many years the force of that water and rain have moving down the mountains have created tributaries and rivers throughout the landscape. Skyrim is mostly a rocky or mountain style environment, with a glacial area completely covered in ice.

Image Courtesy of Imgur (image sharing site), photo of river and it's tributaries.

    After studying the Skyrim environment I think the creators have tried to keep it rather pure. By that I mean what appears to have formed the environment I saw in Skyrim were natural causes. The mountains from birds' eye view seemed to be formed from converging plates. From the aerial view of Skyrim there are ridges that follow lines, which appear to be similar to our own plates on Earth.

Image Courtesy of Imgur, photo showing assumed plates and thus the mountain ranges formed.

  Skyrim is a kind of unique environment to judge looking forward into the future. They have yet to discover combustion engines, steam-powered engines (although they do have steam power), therefore what is now walking paths and ruts from wagons could become paved roads and walkways. Any sort of increase in power production will greatly affect the environment of Skyrim, as evident of our current environmental state.

Skyrim 1000 Years From Now:
    1000 Years From Now in Skyrim I believe there could be many changes. I believe if their history can be modeled by our own at all then they could be through an industrial revolution and be moving into more adept technology. This would presumably result in paved roads, automobiles, and many other things resulting in negative effects on the environment. Skyrim could be in trouble in the future, or they could ease into this technology and maintain their old fashioned ways.
   It could take something dramatic like the discovery of a new metal while mining; otherwise Skyrim will maintain their usually sound environment. Few things, the travel of people by foot and cart, as well as natural and irregular storms influence this world. For this reason I believe we could predict the future of the Skyrim terrain by studying the plates and rain patterns developing streams and canyons.

    It is hard to judge the future of Skyrim, whether they will progress into the future and embrace industry or if they will keep their ways that has worked for so long. I believe that the environment will stay pretty similar and people will not pursue this new technology. Skyrim is an old fashioned place with traditions, and I believe the ruts that are formed in the pathways now will only be different in the future if the plates shift and change their path altogether.

Image Courtesy of Imgur, photo of daybreak near the ice caps and oceans of Skyrim. 

Clouds and the "Changing" Skyrim Weather

Marauding my way through Skyrim this time around I decided to focus on a beautiful focal point from our everyday lives, clouds. The clouds in Skyrim bare a striking resemblance to our own clouds. The cloud formations were seemingly similar throughout all of Skyrim. Although there are examples of many of the cloud types in Skyrim the type appearing most prevalent would be Cumulus clouds. This cloud type is formed closer to the ground, which explains the easy visibility. Also in the beautiful scenery of Skyrim were anvil shaped Cumulonimbus clouds and storm bearing Nimbostratus clouds.

Examples of Cumulus clouds in Skyrim, Image Courtesy of Google Image

Example of storm bearing Nimbostratus clouds, Image Courtesy of Google Image

Another focus of mine during this visit to Skyrim was the ability to change the weather. Now on Earth our weather changes because of the tilt of our planet and Air Masses amongst many other things. This much is true for Skyrim as well with natural changing weather, but as a player you can also change weather. One call that can change weather is a Storm call to create lightening. One particular time a distinct Zig-Zag lightening bolt was struck down. This is created by a dissipating storm and a bolt that is desperately hoping from pocket to pocket trying to reach the ground. The result is a beautiful yet dangerous burst of electricity that lights up the sky. 

Image of a Zig-Zag lightening strike in Skyrim, Image Courtesy of Google Image

The weather on Skyrim has proven to show signs similar to our own Earth weather. Albeit we do not have people on Earth that can form a lightening storm whenever they would like. Skyrim continues to show the necessary elements to sustain changing weather, and I continue to be impressed with the developer's realism when it comes to the games' weather and geography.