Another amazing photograph from you, Jen. To see this in person must be an amazing experience. I've never been there and will never go there again because of my age and physical disability, the latter because of having the Lyme disease. But your photograph is an excellent alternative for me to also experience the impressiveness and beauty. Thanks for that, 👍 !
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An amazing place and photo, Jen. "According to one retired petroleum geologist, Marc Deshowitz, who studied White Pocket more than anyone else, the landscape was the result of a huge sand-slide mass, triggered by an earthquake, detaching from a tall dune and traveling rapidly downslope. As the mass slid and tumbled, it ripped up chunks of laminated sand beneath that intermixed with the basal part of the slide. The sand mass eventually filled a large pond or oasis. This large sand mass is the featureless bleached-white sandstone or "cauliflower rock" seen today. The instantaneous loading from the sand mass caused pressure adjustments within the underlying saturated sand, resulting in contortions and fluid escape structures such as sand volcanoes. Marc has identified at least 25 of these features supporting his theory. The fine laminae and cross-beds beneath the slide mass are remarkably well-preserved. This may indicate all of the sand involved was buried under a fairly thick column of additional sediment. In other words, the slide plane may have been several hundred feet below the surface. This overburden pressure would have allowed the plastic-like contortions", like we see in Jen's amazing capture.
-nik (research by "Amusing Planet" and National Geographic)
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To see this in person must be an amazing experience. I've never been there and will never go there again because of my age and physical disability, the latter because of having the Lyme disease.
But your photograph is an excellent alternative for me to also experience the impressiveness and beauty. Thanks for that, 👍 !