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Post by youp50 on Apr 1, 2017 14:50:45 GMT -5
My wife (of nearly 43 years) and I took a beach walk. Under the pretense of agate hunting. The reality was, I needed to look at the condition of my fishing hole . It should be obvious to the most casual of observer that too much ice is blocking my access. So we went to see what was to be seen. The beach needs a good hard rain to wash the sand from the stones. The little plastic bag demonstrates the high expectations we have. We have our local alien 'sand circles', our particular species of aliens are kind of small and are not into abductions and mind washes. They like the quiet of a calm lake as much as I do. Its so quiet my old ears scream for background noise. Hearing protection helps save your hearing, it does not totally prevent tinnitus. This particular beach has lots of 'Jacobsville sand stone'. There are some great old buildings constructed of it, from Marquette to Calumet. Wonderful carvings on some of the buildings. It became a choice building material after people found out store fronts, pine construction, and fire gives everyone a 'do over' We did find a couple with some little chance of being anything more than coffee table bowl fodder.
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Post by youp50 on Apr 1, 2017 14:56:06 GMT -5
My wife had the best find of the day. Museum quality spectackulated solanum tuberosum. Some red banding and freckling. Much softer than a Lake Superior agate.
Thanks for coming for a walk, and keeping still so as not to spoil the gracious goodness bestowed upon us by our Creator.
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Post by drocknut on Apr 1, 2017 16:09:03 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us on the walk.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 1, 2017 17:03:16 GMT -5
What beach is that? I see a lot of that Jacobsville sandstone on beaches up there. Last summer, my brother in law took me to Jacobsville, and showed me some of the places that the rock was quarried. The places I saw were just small quarries that were mostly grown over on the sides of the road. I'm not sure if there were big quarries too. Aren't there buildings in Chicago made from that too?
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 2, 2017 0:20:37 GMT -5
Amazing spectackulated solanum tuberosum
or 'spud' as we call it in this neck of the woods!
Welcome and thanks for the stroll.
So how do the alien sand shapes form: dewatering or something else?
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Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 2, 2017 12:13:24 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from a couple Yooper wanna bees in WI . We do a lot of roaming around up in your world .
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 2, 2017 16:41:05 GMT -5
Hi there! Great introduction! Best I have seen in awhile. I hail from Virginia Beach where there are no rocks- just sand and clay, so I love to see other people's pictures.
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Post by youp50 on Apr 2, 2017 16:50:27 GMT -5
Amazing spectackulated solanum tuberosum or 'spud' as we call it in this neck of the woods! Welcome and thanks for the stroll. So how do the alien sand shapes form: dewatering or something else? I think they misjudge our gravitational pull and hit a little hard. There never is any sign of burnt or scorched material, so it must be from landing... Now for the truth, as ice forms on the beach it tends to clump up. Wind and waves tend to cover the ice with sand. When the ice melts, it leaves those little landing rings.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 2, 2017 16:59:24 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum....
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Post by radio on Apr 2, 2017 18:52:30 GMT -5
Welcome, and enjoyed the stroll!
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Post by Pat on Apr 2, 2017 20:47:45 GMT -5
Welcome from this RTHling in California.
I like the alien story, but will accept your ice melt theory. 😄
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Post by fantastic5 on Apr 2, 2017 21:06:45 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum! Would love to take a walk with you anytime!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 3, 2017 16:07:13 GMT -5
I think they misjudge our gravitational pull and hit a little hard. There never is any sign of burnt or scorched material, so it must be from landing... Now for the truth, as ice forms on the beach it tends to clump up. Wind and waves tend to cover the ice with sand. When the ice melts, it leaves those little landing rings. I wondered if ice was involved. A bit like a pingo or hydrolaccolith then. Presumably just seasonal?
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Post by youp50 on Apr 3, 2017 16:40:46 GMT -5
Springtime. Birds return, snow melts, and even old men get a gleam in their eye.
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grizman
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Post by grizman on Apr 3, 2017 19:47:15 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us along on your walk. I for one, needed a little exercise...
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vera
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Post by vera on Apr 6, 2017 21:51:43 GMT -5
Fantastic introduction! Welcome from West Virginia.
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Post by youp50 on Apr 8, 2017 4:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by youp50 on Apr 8, 2017 4:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by youp50 on Apr 8, 2017 4:37:01 GMT -5
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Post by youp50 on Apr 8, 2017 4:37:11 GMT -5
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