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Five days of Halloween<\/em><\/h2>\n

Day 1<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Halloween is nearing and you are in a bind. It was your task to make mountain themed decorations. What do you do?<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ONE:<\/strong> Grab a DEM. The more mountains and valleys the better. You want those granite veins to look like they are doing their vascular duty.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943381,"id":2943381,"title":"Mountain DEM","filename":"dem.jpg","filesize":183735,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/mountain-veins\/dem-7","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"dem-7","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943379,"date":"2025-10-15 17:30:07","modified":"2025-10-15 17:30:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1772,"height":836,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":362,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem.jpg","large-width":1772,"large-height":836,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem-1536x725.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":725,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem.jpg","2048x2048-width":1772,"2048x2048-height":836,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem-826x390.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":390,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dem.jpg","wide_image-width":1772,"wide_image-height":836}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

TWO: <\/strong>Tint the DEM. Blood is red, isn’t it?<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943384,"id":2943384,"title":"Red Mountain DEM","filename":"red.jpg","filesize":482704,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/mountain-veins\/red-2","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"red-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943379,"date":"2025-10-15 17:33:37","modified":"2025-10-15 17:33:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1770,"height":836,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":363,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red.jpg","large-width":1770,"large-height":836,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-1536x725.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":725,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red.jpg","2048x2048-width":1770,"2048x2048-height":836,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-826x390.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":390,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red.jpg","wide_image-width":1770,"wide_image-height":836}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

THREE: <\/strong>Find a heart outline.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943386,"id":2943386,"title":"heart outline","filename":"heart-outline.jpg","filesize":45375,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/mountain-veins\/heart-outline","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"heart-outline","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943379,"date":"2025-10-15 17:37:43","modified":"2025-10-15 17:37:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":698,"height":806,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","medium-width":226,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","medium_large-width":698,"medium_large-height":806,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","large-width":698,"large-height":806,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","1536x1536-width":698,"1536x1536-height":806,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","2048x2048-width":698,"2048x2048-height":806,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline-403x465.jpg","card_image-width":403,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-outline.jpg","wide_image-width":698,"wide_image-height":806}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

FOUR: <\/strong>Slide in the mountains. Make that heart pump.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943388,"id":2943388,"title":"Mountain Heart","filename":"mountain-heart-scaled.jpg","filesize":307348,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/mountain-veins\/mountain-heart","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"mountain-heart","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943379,"date":"2025-10-15 17:38:48","modified":"2025-10-15 17:39:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1978,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-scaled.jpg","medium-width":202,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":994,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-scaled.jpg","large-width":834,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-1187x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1187,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-1583x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1583,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-359x465.jpg","card_image-width":359,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mountain-heart-835x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":835,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

YIKES – that looks a little too real!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2943410,"id":2943410,"title":"heart on a shirt","filename":"heart-on-a-shirt.jpg","filesize":721693,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/mountain-veins\/heart-on-a-shirt","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"heart-on-a-shirt","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2943379,"date":"2025-10-15 18:01:43","modified":"2025-10-15 18:01:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1891,"height":1512,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt.jpg","medium-width":326,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":614,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt.jpg","large-width":1351,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt-1536x1228.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1228,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt.jpg","2048x2048-width":1891,"2048x2048-height":1512,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt-582x465.jpg","card_image-width":582,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/10\/heart-on-a-shirt-1351x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1351,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""}],"authors":[{"ID":4551,"user_firstname":"Wesley","user_lastname":"Jones","nickname":"Wesley Jones","user_nicename":"wesjones","display_name":"Wes Jones","user_email":"WJones@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:10","user_description":"What time is it? 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