Jorge ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ
I waited and waited until the unknown woman was in the right spot; I needed her as scale for you to see the size of the chevron folds.
Carboniferous rocks folded during the Variscan orogeny, in Millook Haven, #Cornwall
Been there three times, always in awe.
#FridayFold #Geology #photography #nature
Nov 18, 2022 at 9:01amWeb
Show threadPBaileyNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Magnificent Photo!
Show threadJulia HarveyNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric WOW
Show threadHelge RauschNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric This rocks!
Show threadSandy McClearnNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Impressive!
Show threadDr Cristina TalaveraNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Una foto espectacular!!! Tendre que viajar al sur como las aves ๐Ÿ˜‚
Show threadVicky VeritasNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric When you see the little person at the bottom, it's gasp! Thank you, Jorge!
Show threadkimNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric that's me, if you'd have just waved or shouted or something ๐Ÿ™„โ˜บ๏ธ
Show threadkimNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric not actually me ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜“
Show threadGraham PhillipsNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Just contemplating the force that created that.
Show threadJay ParrishNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Fantastic folds and size. But itโ€™s a good reason to employ a unionized professional scale person to stand in your photos when needed, instead of local volunteers who just wander about.
Show threadNafnlaus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Stunning! I'd put that up there with our columnar basalt lava chamber rosettes!
Show threadDebbie Hairy FellaNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric stunning!
Show threadJune LewinsNov 18, 2022

@lithospheric

*dribbles*
#Orogenic #GeologyRocks

Show threadRebecca BradleyNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric that is impressive.
Show threadanneeroperNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric
That rocks! AT first I thought you'd written #Vulcan #Progeny and I wondered if #Spock's #PonFar had therefore been successful? Then I wiki'd & found: "the #VariscanOrogeny was a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between #Euramerica #Larussia & #Gondwana to form the supercontinent #Pangaea"--aka a massive pile-up on a #TectonicPlate expressway... #Cool #Rock&Roll #StarTrek #AnthonyNewley #GonnaBuildAMountain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ndwRieyoc
Show threadHikerSelmaNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric
Wow! Where in Cornwall? North coast?
Show threadJorge ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธNov 18, 2022
@HikerSelma West, south of Bude.
Show threadThe artist Chloe GNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric Folded and faulted. Impressive forces at work there :)
Show threadChristine KrauseNov 20, 2022
@Chloeg @lithospheric Iโ€™ll be dreaming about this geological jiu-jitsu/geological tai-chi tonight
Show threadBossonsNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric stunning!
Show threadMarco LรผbbeckeNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric it was worth waiting :)
Show thread(((Pro-choice Morgana)))Nov 18, 2022
@lithospheric wow. Amazing.
Show threadLesliebNov 18, 2022
@lithospheric wow!
Show threadtichoNov 19, 2022

@lithospheric If it wasn't for the scale, I'd almost say that it looks like my desk after about a week of not tidying up. :)

Very nice picture! ๐Ÿ‘

Show threadbreathtonglenNov 19, 2022

@lithospheric

๐Ÿ˜ณ wow hope to visit one day

Show threadKatMNov 19, 2022
@lithospheric amazing
Show threadJHDesignbyJill ๐ŸŽจNov 19, 2022
@lithospheric โค๏ธ
Show threadJanuary HandlNov 20, 2022
@lithospheric WOW๐Ÿ˜
Show threadSnargleNov 20, 2022
@lithospheric That is awesome! I wouldnโ€™t have waited to be nearby when that fault shifted!
Show threadChristine KrauseNov 20, 2022
@snargle @lithospheric wait, is that what happens?? (/what can happen?) is this the result of sudden jolts, not a gradual this way-and-that? (Knowing nothing of geology)
Show threadSnargleNov 20, 2022
@wallflower @lithospheric It could be sudden or it could be slow-motion movement. Either way. it's impressive as hell!
Show threadJorge ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธDec 4, 2022
@snargle @wallflower but there is no fault. Its just an optical effect. What you are referring too is just the cliff shape. The right is closer to you than the left, and looks like faulted... but it isn't.
Show threadSnargleDec 4, 2022
@lithospheric @wallflower Aah, I see it now. Thank you for the clarification.
Show threadChristine KrauseNov 20, 2022
@lithospheric unknown woman under the heartrendingly huge chevron folds, I salute you
Show threadTim ShawNov 21, 2022
@lithospheric Very cool formation!
Show threadะกะตั€ ะŸั–ั‚ะตั€ ะ›ะพั€ะดNov 21, 2022
@lithospheric Amazing!
Show threadAlison HeaneyNov 21, 2022
@lithospheric A definite wow!
Show threadSir JoNov 21, 2022
@lithospheric
Great pic for structural geology.
Between brittle and ductile folding. Makes me blow the dust from the book....let's see:
Modern Structural Geology Ramsay & Huber ๐Ÿ˜€
Show threadAndrew MartinDec 4, 2022
@lithospheric This was my attempt from a few years back. You have made a much better job of capturing a sense of the awesome scale of this rock formation. Bravo!
Show threadJorge ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธDec 4, 2022
@SuspensaVix thanks Andrew. What I like in yours is that the folds feel like sails, and the stones look like waves