Something for friends in Scotland! I’ve followed so many this last year—Glasgow,architecture,history, geology, landscape photography, and more. I hope you like this screenshot from Reddit and a link if you want to read the story from OP, credited. #Scotland #Scottish, #Geology #RockHound #Art #Map reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/gzzjLR…
Out at the Racetrack playa in Death Valley, where the "sailing stones" live, there were some fresh tracks! It has been a long time since I saw <6mo old tracks!
At some point, you may have learned that the Mediterrainean Sea dried out around 6 million years ago and was then refilled by an astonishing torrent of water in the Zanclean flood. That's been more or less the mainstream geological consensus for the past half century, but it may be due for revision. knowablemagazine.org/content/a… #geology #Mediterranean #prehistory
Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean some 5 million years ago. Turns out that probably didn't happen, but there was still drama aplenty.
