Pistolpete
 | Ingleborough is in the county of Yorkshire, and even though I live 40 odd miles away in Lancashire I have the pleasure of viewing this famous mountain from my living room window. The rocks you see are known as limestone pavements and attract many photographers each year. hey mods · » Tuesday January 25th, @10:57AM
| tlbepson
| The rocks are really interesting. They don't look "tall" (for lack of a better term)--as in, this is not a deceptive shot of canyons correct?
Is the rock formation due to glaciers or???
hey mods · » Tuesday January 25th, @04:32PM
| Pistolpete
| You are correct, these weren't that deep,but deep enough to cause great pain and discomfort if you happen to slip and get your leg trapped. On the day I visited, there was a slight frost, so I had to tread carefully.
As for the formation, this is from Wikipedia "Conditions for limestone pavements are created when an advancing glacier scrapes away overburden and exposes horizontally bedded limestone, with subsequent glacial retreat leaving behind a flat, bare surface. Limestone is slightly soluble in water and especially in acid rain, so corrosive drainage along joints and cracks in the limestone can produce slabs called clints isolated by deep fissures called grikes or grykes[2] (terms derived from a northern English dialect). If the grykes are fairly straight and the clints are uniform in size, the resemblance to man-made paving stones is striking, but often they are less regular. Limestone pavements that develop beneath a mantle of topsoil usually exhibit more rounded forms".hey mods · » Wednesday January 26th, @06:05AM
| tlbepson
| >>but deep enough to cause great pain and discomfort if you happen to slip and get your leg trapped.
Ohhhh...I'll bet that would be quite painful...
>>when an advancing glacier scrapes away overburden and exposes horizontally bedded limestone, with subsequent glacial retreat
It's so nice when I remember (at least partly) something correctly...thanks for the additional info...'-}}
hey mods · » Wednesday January 26th, @04:31PM
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