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Bing put this image up today, from Greece, and I am confused as to how the rocks are so squared. Did people do that? Is it natural?
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@Grey that looks natural to me. Do you happen to know which beach it is?
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey that looks natural to me. Do you happen to know which beach it is?
Aerial view over a beach in Rhodes, an island, in Greece. What I found earlier: https://peapix.com/bing/31570
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@Grey In Italy they say all roads lead to Rome, but in Greece all Rhodes lead to the sea.
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@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey In Italy they say all roads lead to Rome, but in Greece all Rhodes lead to the sea.
I see you couldn't take the high Rhode to avoid the obvious dad joke. Now, about the rock. Naturally forming straight lines and right angles aren't common in sandstone. So what's the deal here?
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@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey In Italy they say all roads lead to Rome, but in Greece all Rhodes lead to the sea.
I see you couldn't take the high Rhode to avoid the obvious dad joke. Now, about the rock. Naturally forming straight lines and right angles aren't common in sandstone. So what's the deal here?
That's salt water, and often volcanic activity. But I can't find anything specific to the rock formations on Rhodes.
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@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Bing put this image up today, from Greece, and I am confused as to how the rocks are so squared. Did people do that? Is it natural?
Shale = ~100% carbon.
Yes, it breaks that way due the way the carbon molecules bind to each other in a square grid.
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@PhlipElder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Bing put this image up today, from Greece, and I am confused as to how the rocks are so squared. Did people do that? Is it natural?
Shale = ~100% carbon.
Yes, it breaks that way due the way the carbon molecules bind to each other in a square grid.
Reeealy? That's kind of awesome. I'm going to have to see it in person some day, just like Giant's Causeway is on my list.
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@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@PhlipElder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Bing put this image up today, from Greece, and I am confused as to how the rocks are so squared. Did people do that? Is it natural?
Shale = ~100% carbon.
Yes, it breaks that way due the way the carbon molecules bind to each other in a square grid.
Reeealy? That's kind of awesome. I'm going to have to see it in person some day, just like Giant's Causeway is on my list.
We have plenty of shale on our property here in Alberta and in the Rockies.
When I was going through the Kentucky Blue Ridge Mountains many years back there was red and green shale. It was like driving in Christmas Land or something.
Go to a flooring specialist. Most will have various shale tiles . Part of our basement is tiled in shale though I have no idea from where as the previous owners had it done.
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@PhlipElder lots of shale back on our farm in NY, too!
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@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@PhlipElder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Bing put this image up today, from Greece, and I am confused as to how the rocks are so squared. Did people do that? Is it natural?
Shale = ~100% carbon.
Yes, it breaks that way due the way the carbon molecules bind to each other in a square grid.
Reeealy? That's kind of awesome. I'm going to have to see it in person some day, just like Giant's Causeway is on my list.
It looks man helped IMO.
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@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@PhlipElder said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@Grey said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
Bing put this image up today, from Greece, and I am confused as to how the rocks are so squared. Did people do that? Is it natural?
Shale = ~100% carbon.
Yes, it breaks that way due the way the carbon molecules bind to each other in a square grid.
Reeealy? That's kind of awesome. I'm going to have to see it in person some day, just like Giant's Causeway is on my list.
I was right there but didn't get to stop and see it a number of years ago. Sometime I'll make it to the Causeway. It's so cool.
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This is why I love Dallas.
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