Eclectic Human
#Lochranza #Castle on #Arran is an exuberant mix of colours and textures. The stones are mostly green and purplish Dalradian rocks, with pale red Permian #sandstone tarting up the door and window frames, along with random bursts of colour elsewhere, as if the builders were playing.
#Scotland #geology #rocks #ruins#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday
Jan 17, 2025 at 3:46pmWeb
Show threadEclectic HumanJan 17, 2025
I don't know what a Dalradian rock is, and trying to find out led me to a morass of geologist-speak. But this explanation of the #Dalradian #Supergroup made me smile.
"The Grampian is the solid foundation of the Dalradian, fairly calm and ordinary: the bass guitar player of the supergroup.... The Appin is the lead singer: shallow, good looking and gets lots of attention.... The Southern Highland group is the drummer: completely crazy."
https://all-geo.org/metageologist/2013/02/dalradian-celtic-supergroup/
#Geology #Metaphor #RockBands
Dalradian – a Celtic Supergroup - Metageologist

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@EclecticHuman nice use of "exuberant"! 😊