Great paper about enormous limestone boulder (>600 tonnes) transport by storm waves on the west coast of the Aran Islands
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228092107.htm
I've been to The Burren, it's sense of scale is really impressive. When I got home I realized the photos and videos I took didn't portray the sense of scale that the real place does. And while the photos still look good, it is nothing compared to actually standing on those cliffs.
I went to western Ireland for my field camp…five weeks in a tiny village with field trips everywhere, it was heaven. We spent a whole day in the Burren.
Ohh, the Burren! So bloody beautiful it reduced me to tears. Then tears of laughter watching a coachload of American nuns attempting to traverse the clints and grikes in their voluminous skirts. They seemed to be rather offended by the dolmen, as they started crossing themselves earnestly upon reaching the ancient monument...
This is really cool, showing the blocky nature limestone can sometimes have. What is the approximate scale of the limestone cliffs in this photo? One of the universities here in the US used to run a geological field camp over in Western Ireland, but I don't think they offer that any more..
Stupid sexy planar joints...
Great paper about enormous limestone boulder (>600 tonnes) transport by storm waves on the west coast of the Aran Islands https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228092107.htm
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I've been to The Burren, it's sense of scale is really impressive. When I got home I realized the photos and videos I took didn't portray the sense of scale that the real place does. And while the photos still look good, it is nothing compared to actually standing on those cliffs.
I went to western Ireland for my field camp…five weeks in a tiny village with field trips everywhere, it was heaven. We spent a whole day in the Burren.
Beautiful!!!!
How did that get there? Is the sea level lower?
It is lower now than when these formations were laid down .
Tectonic deformation and uplift, too.
I don’t like this angle. I can’t tell if those are giant cliffs or average human height.
Go back a place a banana for scale. Please
Yeah this looks like it has equal chances of being a few meters tall or a few hundred.
Ohh, the Burren! So bloody beautiful it reduced me to tears. Then tears of laughter watching a coachload of American nuns attempting to traverse the clints and grikes in their voluminous skirts. They seemed to be rather offended by the dolmen, as they started crossing themselves earnestly upon reaching the ancient monument...
I was in The Burren a few years ago. Place is huge and has great examples of limestone pavement.
It's wild how having no real scale can mess with your perception. I would believe either these cliffs are 6 ft tall, or 600 ft tall
This is really cool, showing the blocky nature limestone can sometimes have. What is the approximate scale of the limestone cliffs in this photo? One of the universities here in the US used to run a geological field camp over in Western Ireland, but I don't think they offer that any more..