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The answer to the question is true
Stippling is the drawing technique!
Take EDM for example; it's a combination of words and sounds all cramed together to create a piece of music, most of the time it has no official reason or back story but is simply made to be enjoyed. This concept is the same with Jazz music. When jazz was invented there was no definitive reason or way to play it, you just grabbed an instrument and started playing whatever cords and rhythms you thought sounded nice.
Well im not to sure who took the pic but i think it was taken to captrue the queser/waterfall wut ever it is, and its purpose was to show the ppl wut some might think is a beautiful sighting.
sorry if this is wrong :)