Good boggy morning …

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last day of escapism … well, let’s hope not!

May your Monday be mundane, but in the best of ways.

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49 Responses to Good boggy morning …

  1. xty says:

    Almost as old as me!

  2. xty says:

    Not sure what it all is, but here’s what I was looking at:

  3. xty says:

    and some purple rock:

  4. xty says:

    and this:

  5. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    google manganese dendrites. they often are confused for fossils for obvious reasons.

  6. xty says:

    I concede manganese dendrites, but what about the last guy?

  7. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    off the top of my head, i’m not sure what to call it. it appears to be metamorphic rock – rock altered by heat and pressure. the banding would suggest alternating layers of ocean sediment, so originally sand, shell, and mud layers that formed sedimentary layers of sandstone, limestone, and shale, that later were altered by intense heat and or pressure. for now i will WAG and call it dolomite, which is similar to but often incorrectly called limestone.

    i will see if i can find out more later or anyone is welcome to disprove my theory first.

    the purple color is likely due to mostly iron and lesser due to manganese. the transition elements are natures pigments.

    this is an example of banded iron. the purple layers were once layers of sand, now jasper. the silver layers were layers of basically rust, now hematite. when early life on the planet introduced oxygen to the atmosphere, then all iron precipitated out of the oceans. in geological time, the event happened rather quickly. but i ramble.

    edit: oops. my theory applies to both of the last two examples.

  8. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    the truth is easier to swallow when presented with humor. a British accent doesn’t hurt either. not sure why.

  9. xty says:

    My eldest put me onto him … smart kids!

  10. Dude says:

    I used to live near Rock Island

  11. Dude says:

    Which was down by the river

  12. Dude says:

    Quad cities

  13. Dude says:

    Now I’m here

  14. Dude says:

    In God’s Country

  15. Dude says:

    I don’t know

  16. Dude says:

    Been foggy here

  17. Dude says:

    [when the sun hits]

    Sweet thing, I watch you

    Burn so fast it scares me

    Mind games don’t leave me

    Come so far, don’t lose me

    It matters where you are

    As the sun hits, she’ll be waiting

    With the coffins under Heaven

    Hey, hey lover, you’re still burning

    You’re his song yeah

    Sweet thing, I watch you

    Burn so fast it scares me

    My game, don’t lose me

    Come so far don’t lose me

    It matters where you are

    As the sun hits, she’ll be waiting

    With the coffins under Heaven

    Hey, hey lover, you’re still burning

    You’re his song yeah

    Sweet thing I watch you

    (Burn away)

    Sweet thing I watch you

    (Burn away)

    Sweet thing I watch you

    (Burn away)

  18. Dude says:

    typical cryptical

  19. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    to get us back on topic i decided to post one more rock picture. but not at all that your pictures don’t rock Dude.

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  21. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    lately things have been very black and white.

  22. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    just realized that.

  23. Pete Maravich says:

    a bit grumpy and somewhat beat down. confusion abounds. madness all around. gonna try the :mrgreen: , Bob effect. hi all.

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  25. Pete Maravich says:

    not sure how these tunes made it here, or beat the scrubber so far. probably temporary,…more Bob.

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  29. Pete Maravich says:

    electric flowing cheaper than gas here( nat gas, super expensive)(Putin involved?)….hang on. Va Power monopoly, Va Nat Gas monopoly, yep,

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  31. Dryocopus pileatus says:

    things are nuts out there. i don’t see any good in pretending otherwise. find some good things close to home and hold on tight. i can’t find a song, so good night, and thanks for the tunes.

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  33. Pete Maravich says:

    and good morning…f-it, like the boss and the world better when i’m baked :mrgreen:

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