Thematic Scenics and 'Scapes

**WPRESTO** · 11-14-2019, 07:38 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Very interesting how these stones just happened to be there. I know here on the Oregon Coast there are numerous areas that are dotted with volcanic ash and after some

time they can produce the appearance of being stones. Sometimes very large ones. I really enjoy these seascape images. Well executed there, youngster.

)

TT

I confess to being a little befuddled by how shoreline processes created this beach. Wave action is very good at sorting sediment by particle size = sand or shingle, but how to get just scattered fist-size rocks amid otherwise well-sorted sand is outside my understanding.

**paulh** · 11-14-2019, 10:51 PM - **2 Likes**

Stroll on the beach - Ventura Calif.

**taks** · 11-15-2019, 01:26 PM - **4 Likes**

pre-dawn Lake Washington

**Kerrowdown** · 11-16-2019, 02:38 PM - **1 Like**

Last of the light for the day...

**paulh** · 11-16-2019, 04:41 PM

Creek in early Spring -

GRB · 11-16-2019, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by paulh

Beautiful views, Richard!
Taken near Anchorage Alaska in 2014 with a K100D & kit lens:

Maud Road near Palmer?

**Tonytee** · 11-16-2019, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

I confess to being a little befuddled by how shoreline processes created this beach. Wave action is very good at sorting sediment by particle size = sand or shingle, but how to get just scattered fist-size rocks amid otherwise well-sorted sand is outside my understanding.

You just gave me a great idea. I will post an image from the Oregon Coast so that you, along with others will see what these deposits look like.

TT

**Tonytee** · 11-16-2019, 11:25 PM

A Summer Place.

)

Thanks for viewing.

TT

**Tonytee** · 11-16-2019, 11:29 PM - **3 Likes**

Thanks so much for viewing.

TT

**WPRESTO** · 11-17-2019, 05:26 AM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Thanks so much for viewing.

TT

The outliers, sea stacks, sea arches, are easy to understand. They are remnants of where the land used to be. Large blocks of rock mixed into sand of a shoreline that is being eroded are also easy to understand. To get the Australian beach, the sand must be derived from the local shoreline, and the sedimentary rock of the shoreline would be composed of the same mix as the beach = sand with scattered fist-size well-rounded cobbles. That pushes back the problem to how was that bedrock rock formed with such an odd, heterogeneous mix of particle sizes. Also, I think the beach pictured is an depositional structure = the sand is being transported in from elsewhere rather than being autochthonous.

**Kerrowdown** · 11-17-2019, 01:29 PM

A wee stroll this afternoon with Lady Kerrowdown and Tanqueray.

**Tonytee** · 11-17-2019, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

The outliers, sea stacks, sea arches, are easy to understand. They are remnants of where the land used to be. Large blocks of rock mixed into sand of a shoreline that is being eroded are also easy to understand. To get the Australian beach, the sand must be derived from the local shoreline, and the sedimentary rock of the shoreline would be composed of the same mix as the beach = sand with scattered fist-size well-rounded cobbles. That pushes back the problem to how was that bedrock rock formed with such an odd, heterogeneous mix of particle sizes. Also, I think the beach pictured is an depositional structure = the sand is being transported in from elsewhere rather than being autochthonous.

Thank you very much for a very comprehensive and interesting analysis. Geology is certainly one of the most fascinating studies I know of. It reminds me of a quote my

close, personal friend Albert Einstein once uttered, "The more you know, the less you know." In other words, once you come to an answer to a question or a solution to a problem,

it opens doors to more questions. Again, many thanks.

TT

**WPRESTO** · 11-17-2019, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

Thank you very much for a very comprehensive and interesting analysis. Geology is certainly one of the most fascinating studies I know of. It reminds me of a quote my

close, personal friend Albert Einstein once uttered, "The more you know, the less you know." In other words, once you come to an answer to a question or a solution to a problem,

it opens doors to more questions. Again, many thanks.

TT

About opening doors, that is what I'd sometimes tell science majors in the first lecture that I was going to do. Lead them down an endless corridor that was lined with doors on both sides, then open a random door which would reveal another endless corridors with doors on both sides, then open one of those and there would be yet another endless corridor of doors, and sometimes I'd double back to a corridor we'd left, go a bit further along it, open a door, and there would be another corridor of doors, on, and on, and on without ever being able to open all the doors or get to the end of a corridor.

Aaron28 · 11-17-2019, 04:29 PM

K-50....F 35-135....big spring park Huntsville al

Mike L · 11-17-2019, 04:30 PM - **2 Likes**

Snowdonia National Park in Wales

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WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,105	Originally posted by Tonytee Very interesting how these stones just happened to be there. I know here on the Oregon Coast there are numerous areas that are dotted with volcanic ash and after some time they can produce the appearance of being stones. Sometimes very large ones. I really enjoy these seascape images. Well executed there, youngster. ) TT I confess to being a little befuddled by how shoreline processes created this beach. Wave action is very good at sorting sediment by particle size = sand or shingle, but how to get just scattered fist-size rocks amid otherwise well-sorted sand is outside my understanding.

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GRB Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Southcentral Alaska Posts: 817	Originally posted by paulh Beautiful views, Richard! Taken near Anchorage Alaska in 2014 with a K100D & kit lens: Maud Road near Palmer?

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Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,461	Originally posted by WPRESTO I confess to being a little befuddled by how shoreline processes created this beach. Wave action is very good at sorting sediment by particle size = sand or shingle, but how to get just scattered fist-size rocks amid otherwise well-sorted sand is outside my understanding. You just gave me a great idea. I will post an image from the Oregon Coast so that you, along with others will see what these deposits look like. TT

11-17-2019, 05:26 AM	#1615
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,105	Originally posted by Tonytee Thanks so much for viewing. TT The outliers, sea stacks, sea arches, are easy to understand. They are remnants of where the land used to be. Large blocks of rock mixed into sand of a shoreline that is being eroded are also easy to understand. To get the Australian beach, the sand must be derived from the local shoreline, and the sedimentary rock of the shoreline would be composed of the same mix as the beach = sand with scattered fist-size well-rounded cobbles. That pushes back the problem to how was that bedrock rock formed with such an odd, heterogeneous mix of particle sizes. Also, I think the beach pictured is an depositional structure = the sand is being transported in from elsewhere rather than being autochthonous.

11-17-2019, 03:57 PM	#1617
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,461	Originally posted by WPRESTO The outliers, sea stacks, sea arches, are easy to understand. They are remnants of where the land used to be. Large blocks of rock mixed into sand of a shoreline that is being eroded are also easy to understand. To get the Australian beach, the sand must be derived from the local shoreline, and the sedimentary rock of the shoreline would be composed of the same mix as the beach = sand with scattered fist-size well-rounded cobbles. That pushes back the problem to how was that bedrock rock formed with such an odd, heterogeneous mix of particle sizes. Also, I think the beach pictured is an depositional structure = the sand is being transported in from elsewhere rather than being autochthonous. Thank you very much for a very comprehensive and interesting analysis. Geology is certainly one of the most fascinating studies I know of. It reminds me of a quote my close, personal friend Albert Einstein once uttered, "The more you know, the less you know." In other words, once you come to an answer to a question or a solution to a problem, it opens doors to more questions. Again, many thanks. TT

11-17-2019, 04:17 PM	#1618
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,105	Originally posted by Tonytee Thank you very much for a very comprehensive and interesting analysis. Geology is certainly one of the most fascinating studies I know of. It reminds me of a quote my close, personal friend Albert Einstein once uttered, "The more you know, the less you know." In other words, once you come to an answer to a question or a solution to a problem, it opens doors to more questions. Again, many thanks. TT About opening doors, that is what I'd sometimes tell science majors in the first lecture that I was going to do. Lead them down an endless corridor that was lined with doors on both sides, then open a random door which would reveal another endless corridors with doors on both sides, then open one of those and there would be yet another endless corridor of doors, and sometimes I'd double back to a corridor we'd left, go a bit further along it, open a door, and there would be another corridor of doors, on, and on, and on without ever being able to open all the doors or get to the end of a corridor.

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