Subject: | [OM] Acient Creature [was off course] |
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From: | Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:26:37 -0700 |
On 7/8/2012 8:12 AM, Piers Hemy wrote: > No, not long at all. The Caledonian Orogeny is relatively recent - only 450 > million years ago (in round numbers). If you had come north last year I > could have shown you some *really* old stuff (aside from a regularly used > camera which is more than 60 years old) - rock from almost 3Ga ago (3 > thousand million years) at Oldshoremore: > > First, the beach: > http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/P9132209.jpg > > Second, the cliff seen in the previous image, showing the characteristic mix > of deeply twisted basaltic and granitic rock: > http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/P9132211.jpg Quite a twinkle in its eye, for such an ancient creature! :-) <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Others/Misc&image=P9132211a.jpg> Sharp eyed Moose -- What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about? -- _________________________________________________________________ Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ |
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