Reunite Pangaea!
On 10/11/2015 10:31 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:
I did a little review on exactly how the plates split apart and what
was nestled where... what was closer to what was extrapolated by
comparing the particular composition of the masses - Some of which I
rememberd correctly and some not.. but africa and the South American
continent were nestled.. I'd have to gobackto some more detailed texts
to get it just right - Ordovician? Silurian? Devonian? There is
an area near Albany here that is called the Helderberg escarpment that
particularly looks like that trail you friends were gingerly
walking along.
Hugois adorable - especially in the "come play fetch with me" with
that big stick .. little dogs carrying big sticks , I've found, can
sometimes
be damaging to one's shins.
ann
On 10/11/2015 4:14 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
.Thanks ann. I thought about you and your geological past while I was
over there. The twisting and folding of the very stratified limestone
rocks is very spectacular indeed. I'm no geologist, so I could be
very wrong, but I always thought the Alps were the fault of Italy
crashing into France, and the mountains of eastern America the result
of Africa colliding with America, which would make them much older
than the Alps. I think also that Scotland used to be part of America,
gained its independence and floated gently into union with Britain.
The river with the waterfall is the Lance, which I think is a
tributary of the Verdon. The Verdon has cut the deep gorges, which
are the longest and I think deepest in Europe. I've heard that they
are also the longest and deepest in the world after the Grand Canyon,
but I'm not convinced of that as I've been in the Blue Nile Gorge in
Ethiopia and that seems deeper to me.
Bizarrely given its spectacular size and dramatic nature the gorge
was not really known outside the local area until 1905 - an
indication of how unexplored parts of France were until relatively
recently.
I'm not a doggy person at all, but Hugo is a great little character
and a lot of fun
B
On 11 Oct 2015, at 02:18, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
Very nice stuff.. Like Rick I like too many to start reeling them
off. I wasstruck, however , by the similarity of the scenes that
had no structures with the look of upstate New York...but then I
remembered that quite a few years ago the east coast of North
America was
tornaway from the west coast of Europe - and them's the same damn
mountains, in a way.
Aside from that - you need more pictures of dogs
ann
On 10/10/2015 6:36 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 10 Oct 2015, at 22:15, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote:
Excellent and very atmospheric gallery, Bob. Too many favorites to
list, especially since they're not titled or numbered!
Thanks! Meh, who needs 'em?
I agree with Cotty that the dog got more photographic attention
than he probably deserved, though.
You're right, but it has a lot of character, for a dog. It has
ideas above its station; it likes to stand on the edge of
precipices and look noble, as if it were something grander than a
pimped-up rat-catcher.
I've spent most of this week in France with one of my brothers
and his wife
at their holiday home. Here are some very touristy photos:
http://1drv.ms/1PlbvfC
Hope you enjoy.
B
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