 |
|
Photos
View |
|
All Photos |
Add Photos |
Emoticons |
Album View |
Mark Unread
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted By:
Nickens, Dan
Date Posted:
Aug 13, 2017
Description:
From the air it looked like a sandy shore not yet occupied by the summer boaters. On approach, however, it became apparent that the ground was harder than sand.
Date Taken:
July 31, 2017
Place Taken:
Lake Cumberland, KY (near the Wayne County Airport, KEKQ).
Owner:
Nickens, Dan
File Name:
- Photo HTML
Full size - <img src="/show.php?splash=7DPhWEINxh">
Medium - <img src="/show.php?splash=7DPhWEINxm">
Thumbnail - <img src="/show.php?splash=7DPhWEINxs">
Category:
Oshkosh 2017
|
|
|
|
|
Click on photo to view the original size. |
| Viewers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Read what others had to say:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2017
Viewers
| Reply
|
| |
Instead of sand or even pebbles the lakeshore was revealed to be thin blades of rock. Instead of climbing ashore and risking slicing a tire, I stopped and waded ashore (foot wounds heal easier than patching a sliced tire far from repair shops).
| | |
|
Nickens, Dan - Aug 13,2017
Viewers
| Reply
|
| |
Out on the shaley beach lay the Fort Payne Formation from the Early Mississippian Period (Part of the Paleozoic Era, 360 to 347 Ma). In the period when the rocks were born, the world was a different place. Sea levels fluctuated with mad indecision. It was hot and humid, with an atmosphere of up to 40% oxygen. Wildfires were rampant in the verdant forests that covered the land. The Appalachian Mountains were just being pushed into existence.
It was a time of amphibians. Their population exploded in the sweltering, swampy deltas. On land insects became giants in the oxygen-rich environment. Plants developed bark that bacteria had not yet figured out how to break down. Bark fell into the swamps to be consumed by oceans where oxygen deprived zones forming organic rich sapropelic layers were destined to become the world's predominant coal resources.
The razor thin rock on the beach are shale, mostly silty but calcareous and sandy in part. Geodes up to 2' in diameter have been found in the Ft. Payne Formation. There was too much pain from the sharp shale for bare feet to search for the elusive geodes. But the shale ultimately weathers to grayish-yellow finely gritty soil. I'd like to come back when that happens.
| | |
|
Ken Leonard - Aug 13,2017
Viewers
| Reply
|
| |
Oh, so cool. And sharp thinking on your part. We flew commercial back from upstate NY today, sorry to miss the gang but was too
windy and choppy to land at our place. As we flew approach to Tampa, we over flew the new sinkhole that made national news. You
could see it clearly from the air. One wonders what formations will be made of the human inspired junk laying there, waiting to
dissolve or harden.
| | |
|
Carr, Frank - Aug 14,2017
Viewers
| Reply
|
| |
Alas Professor Nickens, I've found a debatable comment in your treatise. Foot wounds heal slower than on any other part
of the body--or so I'm told. But I would't recommend walking on your hands on that stuff either.
| | |
|
Nickens, Dan - Aug 14,2017
Viewers
| Reply
|
| |
I defer to your expertise, Doctor Carr.
| | |
|
Carr, Frank - Aug 15,2017
Viewers
| Reply
|
| |
Well, actually Dan it was my doctor who just told me that info, and since it was just a day ago I've not yet forgotten it yet.
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
- About Searey.us -
- Contact Searey.us -
|
- Privacy Statement -
- Terms of service -
|
Copyright © 2024 Searey.us & Brevard Web Pro, Inc. -
Copyrights may also be reserved
by posters and used by license on this site. See Terms of Service for more information.
|
| |
- Please visit our NEW
Chapter Place Website at: chapterplace.com or
Free Chapter Management Website at: ourchapter.org. Good for all chapters, groups or families. |
| | |
