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Arizona's Wave rock formation a stone-cold stunner
L.A.Times ^
| 11-25-07
| Hugo Maratin
Posted on 11/26/2007 6:00:52 AM PST by em2vn
So there I was, standing with about 30 other hikers in boots and backpacks, jammed into a room no bigger than a double-wide in a one-story beige government building in a destitute moonscape otherwise known as southern Utah on a warm Friday morning....After a few minutes' rest, we headed south, looking to a tall, gray ridge on the horizon for a huge vertical crack that marked the entrance to the Wave.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: page; utah; wave
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Can anyone with knowledge of Fluid Mechanics explain how these distinct striations were made over time and, not by the application of a singular dynamic force.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:00:52 AM PST
by
em2vn
To: em2vn
Obviously God made them that way 6K years ago.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:02:49 AM PST
by
SengirV
To: em2vn
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:05:46 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: em2vn
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:06:45 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
Why would *anyone* make that video? It seem pretty useless to me.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:08:18 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: em2vn
What you are seeing is aeolian dunes formed on an ancient beach area. The wind blown sands piled up in varying directions and sometimes were swept flat by water before a new set of dunes were formed. These eventually were solidified as sandstone. What you are seeing is the erosional remains of all those years of buried dunes. The weird shapes were formed by water erosion of the sandstone formation. Because of the varying direction and tilt of the dune faces, the striations are as varied.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:09:55 AM PST
by
doodad
To: ShadowAce
99.99999% of the YouTube catalog is pretty much useless junk............
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:10:38 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: ShadowAce; Red Badger
Why would *anyone* make that video? It seem pretty useless to me.For the aliens to intercept and learn about our culture.
All of the satellite uplinks have 'overspray' so everytime someone downloads this, you're painting the universe with it.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:22:04 AM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: sam_paine; Red Badger
...you're painting the universe with it. So--what you're saying is that I'm helping to kill the universe? :)
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:24:39 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: doodad
...aeolian ....
Last time I saw that word was in a sex novel..........
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:25:05 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:25:55 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Red Badger
LOL! That was the thread I was looking for! Thanks!
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:27:36 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: em2vn
I have to see that. Awesome! Thanks for the post.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:42:11 AM PST
by
gotribe
(I've been disenfranchised by the GOP.)
To: Red Badger
in a sex novel.......... A BeeLine Novel...?
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:44:10 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: theDentist
....Like I noticed who the publisher was.........
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:46:46 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: doodad
“Eventually” sounds like conjecture more than fact. Any empirical data to support that position?
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:49:25 AM PST
by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
To: em2vn
The rock is sand stone. Water does tremendous designs in the stuff...Along with the mineral content in it. You can actually write your name in that sandstone with your finger.
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:55:12 AM PST
by
hope
(Isaiah 53 (not redacted))
To: em2vn
Anyone here good at finding such things on google earth?
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:58:09 AM PST
by
posterchild
("Congress does two things very well: one is nothing and two is overreact." - Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga)
To: em2vn
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posted on
11/26/2007 7:01:47 AM PST
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
To: Between the Lines
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posted on
11/26/2007 7:08:57 AM PST
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
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