Both the cabin and rocks beneath it consist of 300 million year old marine limestone, so at one point, those rocks were under an ocean. Now, they sit at 10,000 feet above sea level... #newmexico #hiking #geology #photography #Albuquerque #landscape - ThreadSky

xrciseguy.bsky.social • 18 days ago

Both the cabin and rocks beneath it consist of 300 million year old marine limestone, so at one point, those rocks were under an ocean. Now, they sit at 10,000 feet above sea level... #newmexico #hiking #geology #photography #Albuquerque #landscape

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happychick3.bsky.social•17 days ago

Very cool! 😎

thobgubnol.bsky.social•17 days ago

It is amazing what deep time patiently wrought.
Then a human being took a short time to construct a shelter from the rock that deep time had supplied.
Good photograph capturing both.

ljdr48.bsky.social•17 days ago

But don’t worry - Florida seaside real estate is worth investing in 🤣🇨🇦🍁

k2p2ssk.bsky.social•17 days ago

That's why I'm such a geology freek....those rocks tell such a story. It's like that in the Tetons too in areas. So cool.

xrciseguy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Here's an example of a crinoid segment from the rocks. Crinoids are still around, and related to starfish.

k2p2ssk.bsky.social•17 days ago

Oh awesome … tks. I’ve got a Mazon Creek fossil (fern). Actually dug it up myself.

dudlyboy.bsky.social•17 days ago

All it took was pressure and time.

geobakajza.bsky.social•17 days ago

Nice rocks!

xrciseguy.bsky.social•17 days ago

I agree!

red1r.bsky.social•17 days ago

Look like some very old pinyon trees too.

xrciseguy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yep! It's the state tree of New Mexico.

red1r.bsky.social•17 days ago

Oh I know. When I lived in Bandelier we used to go pick the nuts. I miss NM, the most beautiful of all states.

505foodie.bsky.social•17 days ago

Awesome place

xrciseguy.bsky.social•17 days ago

That it is!

veeman13.bsky.social•17 days ago

My home Mt

shadow4me.bsky.social•17 days ago

Makes sense since the entire earth was originally covered in water. Love the photo.

derpyllama.bsky.social•17 days ago

There is never a time where the whole earth was covered in water

shadow4me.bsky.social•17 days ago

Check out the Archean Eon. Thank you for pushing me to increase my knowledge. Now I'm going to find out more on Hadean Eon and others.🙂

shadow4me.bsky.social•17 days ago

My mistake, but are you sure? I'll do more investigating. Thanks.

derpyllama.bsky.social•15 days ago

Ah it looks like you might be closer than me to the truth... Ive also looked and it seems it was mostly water during the Archean Eon but they say there was still minimal dry land...

Ive learned something today :)

shadow4me.bsky.social•14 days ago

Same here. Thanks.

arniemi.bsky.social•17 days ago

At one point, those rocks were many seashells.

xrciseguy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Here's one of those seashells, a brachiopod shell towards the middle of the photograph.

arniemi.bsky.social•17 days ago

How different it is from the Exogyra Virgula shell found in Burgundy and Chablis, and the Belemnite Mollusk shell.

xrciseguy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Very different! Exogyra and belemnites are mollusks. Brachiopods resemble mollusks, but they are a completely different group of animals: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/fossil-brachiopods.htm

arniemi.bsky.social•17 days ago

thank you