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Sunguramy :nb_lily:Keep fighting for the Earth, it is our only home.Caves are a space highly at risk, and many species in them can be "canaries in the coal mine". The water in them tells the tale of the surface above: pollution, fertilizer, pesticides, microplastics, and more. Too bad wealth doesn't trickle down like pollution into ecosystems. We should really swap those two...<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/speleology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speleology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

Jimmy CarimaliCe coup ci, on ne devrait pas trop frotter le ciel avec les casques. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/karst?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/speleo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speleo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cave?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/caving?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spelunking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spelunking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/espeleologia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#espeleologia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/underground?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#underground</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hiking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a>

Joeri CoppensSunset in Lan Ha Bay, Vietnam <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/karst?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rock?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lanhabay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lanhabay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vietnam?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vietnam</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tourism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tourism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/boat?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boat</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cruise?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cruise</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/halongbay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#halongbay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Asia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asia</a>

KAP Jasa - kite team SloveniaThe fortified church of the Holy Trinity in Hrastovlje, Slovenia.The walls and the towers are guarding a veritable treasure, the frescoes of Janez of Kastav, including the famous Danse Macabre. And the stony defenders are still quite nervous when something wants to peek inside - even if it is just a kite. <a href="https://kapjasa.si/en/a-fight-above-the-ancient-walls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kapjasa.si/en/a-fight-above-the-ancient-walls/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kiteaerialphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kiteaerialphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KAP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frescoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frescoes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DanseMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanseMacabre</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tabor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wall</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fortification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/village" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#village</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karst</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hrastovlje" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hrastovlje</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Istria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Istria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Istra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Istra</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slovenia</a>

Joeri CoppensHang Múa, Ninh Binh, Vietnam <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Asia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HangMua?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HangMua</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ninhbinh?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ninhbinh</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vietnam?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vietnam</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tourism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tourism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mountain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountain</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/karst?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rock?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rock</a>

Mike MalaskaMosaic Canyon, Death Valley National Park.There's no dissolution geology here, is there?WRONGVirtual <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> hike thread.<a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/DeathValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeathValley</a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a>

Ms. Que Banh<a href="https://beige.party/tags/MonochromeMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonochromeMonday</a>We have these amazing karst canyons all over the island & on several surrounding gulf islands. Large karst networks of caves & canyons are found in Cowichan Valley, Comox Valley & all through the less populated North Island. Karst sites on Quadra Island & some islands in the Discovery Islands archipelago are being researched. Haida Gwaii has big karst formations network.I find <a href="https://beige.party/tags/geological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geological</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> formations very fascinating. I enjoy exploring them when there's an opportunity to do so. I've found ancient old growth tree crystals in some of the karst formation forests here - they're magical, magnificent & hard to find if you're not looking hard in the right areas.Learn more about karst & their <a href="https://beige.party/tags/prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prehistoric</a> link in BC:<a href="https://sierraclub.bc.ca/coral-vancouver-islands-rainforest-unprotected-underworld/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sierraclub.bc.ca/coral-vancouver-islands-rainforest-unprotected-underworld/</a><a href="https://www.bcmag.ca/strangers-in-a-strange-land/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bcmag.ca/strangers-in-a-strange-land/</a><a href="https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island-likely-escaped-the-ice-age" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hakaimagazine.com/news/northwestern-vancouver-island-likely-escaped-the-ice-age</a><a href="https://www.cgenarchive.org/nanaimo-rock.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cgenarchive.org/nanaimo-rock.html</a><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/managed-resource-features/18190/new-page-18191" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/managing-our-forest-resources/managed-resource-features/18190/new-page-18191</a><a href="https://beige.party/tags/MonochromeMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonochromeMonday</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VancouverIsland</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VanIsle</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PacificNorthwest</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cascadia</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BWphoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BWphoto</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WorldInMyEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldInMyEyes</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BackroadAdventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BackroadAdventures</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/canyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canyon</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

Sunguramy :nb_lily:<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karstmas</a> day 22I love cave pearls, they are one of my favourite formations. So when we found a bunch in a new cave we discovered, dug open, explored, and surveyed, I was quite excited! Similar in a way to the pearls you may think of, they form often around a bit of sand or a teeny tiny rock, when the water hits it and precipitates out some calcite. They develop extremely slowly, and are a relatively rare formation due to the precise situations they require in order to form.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/pearl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pearl</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

Sunguramy :nb_lily:<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karstmas</a> day 10BATS! I love bats! There are so many kinds and they are all neat in their own ways. Bats do so much for our ecosystems, not just caves but above ground as well. They've been getting a bad rep these last few years but it isn't the bat's fault, poor innocent things.Generally though, I think more and more people are enjoying bats. Like this little cutie, a Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros). It's only called "lesser" as it is smaller than it's relative the Greater Horseshoe Bat. As you can see, Lesser Horseshoe Bats can really get their wings around their bodies at rest, barely a face even peeping out. But look close and you may be able to see why there is "horseshoe" in the name!:boost_requested: Boost if you love bats!<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bat</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/bats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bats</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a>

Sunguramy :nb_lily:<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karstmas</a> day 7Sorry for the delay folks, today was quite busy with a callout with the K9 SAR team. Happy ending!So this prompted me to write a bit about safety in caving today, in particular with vertical caves (pits). This is quite the famous pit in Alabama, it's on like every top 5 list to visit (best views, best hikes, best waterfalls, best cave...every clickbait list this cave is on). What is unique about it, is that there is a horizontal walk-in entrance as well, where you can get to this view. This is both good...and bad.When I started caving many moons ago, this cave was privately owned. So only cavers knew about it, and got permission by directly asking to go. Now, it is owned by a cave conservancy, and is much more open to visitation, just requiring a permit which is free and easy to fill out online. This is good - it lets lots of people enjoy this amazing view you think you'd have to travel far away to see. This is also bad - despite having to check off many things when you get the permit, no one *actually reads*, and as a result...well.See that nice round rock middle bottom? We all call that "The Pedestal". You can climb the rock down to it, the slippery wet rock over a 40+ foot drop. You aren't supposed to free-climb here, but *everyone* does for their Instagram photo. I'll make this simple: Never be closer than 6 feet (2 meters) from an edge without being tied in to a safety line. If the edge is sloped to the drop-off, that edge starts at the *top of the slope* where if you fell, you could keep rolling. Great rule of thumb for any edge, whether cliff or cave.In this case, once you are on the Pedestal, you're okay on a section of it. But if you are climbing the rock up to the right, or wanting to go further down, you need to be tied in. People also like to stand at the pit entrance and lean over to look - there's a small tree on the steep slope they hold onto to do so. Yikes!Guess who has personally been on the team, not once, but TWICE, that has bagged & pulled bodies out of this pit? Yeah. Coroners do not rappel into caves, cave rescue takes the body bag in, documents & photographs, and pull it back out. So, be safe please, around edges. Don't turn yourself into chunky jelly. It's not worth the photo. Now this place has a bunch of signs, but, people do stupid shit they aren't supposed to anyway. So I don't go anymore. Not because of the bodies - I have medical background and am not phased doing that stuff - but because I don't want to *watch* people be stupid. It gives me too much anxiety, and ruins my day. Shame, as it really is gorgeous and it used to be an annual summer trip.So. Be smart. Be safe. Pick living to see more wonderful things over a single moment's photo.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#safety</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/rescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rescue</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/recovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recovery</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cliff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cliff</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/climbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climbing</a>

Sunguramy :nb_lily:<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karstmas</a> day 5My dog is having some medical troubles (seizures) and it has been a rough day. So no big post. Just a photo I took of her in this fracture cave that a public hiking trail goes right through! We realized this was not in the cave database, and returned to survey it a few months later; it turned out to be almost 200 feet (60m) long, and average ceiling height around 30 feet (9 m). Sometimes called rift, crevice, or fault caves, fracture caves occur when there is a geologic shift. Even though this is limestone rock, this cave was not caused by water dissolution. Geology is neat!<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karstmas</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/fracture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fracture</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dog</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DogsOfMastodon</a>

Sunguramy :nb_lily:<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karstmas</a> day 4For today, enjoy this image of a 586 ft (179 m) single pitch, put yer rack on and go, pit in the US. It's called Fantastic, and it really is! It is the longest cave rappel in the lower 48. (Alaska has one that beats it!)The day we went it was high water, and as you can see there is a massive waterfall. Wind created by the falling water in the pit whipped it around, constantly shifting where it was landing. The rig is out of the water for safety reasons, but the bottom 200 ft we were getting soaked by spray nonetheless. This is a lightpainted image, my partner (the dark spot on rope) and I communicated via radio as I directed where & when to paint with a very bright (1000+ lumen) light as I opened and closed the shutter as needed. As high as he looks in the image, he is only 200ft above me. There is another 400ft above him...notice the waterfall disappears before the pinpoint of light at the top. The waterfall faded, too small to see.Remember I talked about rope weight on day 2? Rope also stretches some, even the super-static* kind we use. In 600 feet, this is not a negligible amount, there's about 10 feet of stretch that I had to 'climb' before I got off the ground. In that process, the wind in the pit shifted *whomp* shoving me down slamming my back onto the cobbles. *ouch* Twas a painful climb after that, with an epic bruise to show for it!So. You'd better enjoy this photo! I suffered for it! :boost_requested:*For those curious, cave rope of choice for things like this in the US is PMI Pit Rope Max Wear, which has elongation at 300 lbf of only 1.8%.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/caving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caving</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/speleology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speleology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/karstmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karstmas</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/srt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#srt</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/vertical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vertical</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/climbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climbing</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/limestone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#limestone</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/waterfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waterfall</a>

grateful wolfPrehistoric Paintings in the Maros-Pangkep Karst Area - Isolation and Identification of Carbonoclastic Fungi Causing Damage [pdf 12pp] <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/RockArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RockArt</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ParietalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParietalArt</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Karst</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/CarbonoclasticFungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonoclasticFungi</a> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url%3Dhttps://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/ijoab/article/download/31772/11686%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26d%3D207945788498030978%26ei%3D8Q-FZsP3GfmB6rQP2MCW-Ac%26scisig%3DAFWwaebNiOuPYQtnFYVlgydUoGmq%26oi%3Dscholaralrt%26hist%3D_VgNXistVSoC:14784154300545085696:AFWwaeagZywWUUXTeBRu68GTlwLr%26html%3D%26pos%3D0%26folt%3Dkw-top&source=gmail-imap&ust=1720601205000000&usg=AOvVaw3zCM-czX_d3FtjjLMe6xQa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/url?q=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url%3Dhttps://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/ijoab/article/download/31772/11686%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26d%3D207945788498030978%26ei%3D8Q-FZsP3GfmB6rQP2MCW-Ac%26scisig%3DAFWwaebNiOuPYQtnFYVlgydUoGmq%26oi%3Dscholaralrt%26hist%3D_VgNXistVSoC:14784154300545085696:AFWwaeagZywWUUXTeBRu68GTlwLr%26html%3D%26pos%3D0%26folt%3Dkw-top&source=gmail-imap&ust=1720601205000000&usg=AOvVaw3zCM-czX_d3FtjjLMe6xQa</a>

Western Exposure@fotovorschlag.bsky.social 'Steinzeit' / 'Stone Age' ...... ist's immer im Burren. It's always "stone age" in the Burren.Burren = boireann (gaelic) = rocky place <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FotoVorschlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FotoVorschlag</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photoprompt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Photomonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photomonday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Burren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Burren</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mastodaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodaoine</a>

PhoenixSerenity<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> is home to around 200 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tiankeng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tiankeng</a>, which are mostly distributed from the central <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Shaanxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shaanxi</a> province down to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GuangxiZhuang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GuangxiZhuang</a> autonomous region in the southwest. Roughly 1/3 of the country consists of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> — the highest proportion of overall surface area of any country in the world — compared with just under 1/5 in the United States. <a href="https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/chinas-heavenly-pits-the-giant-sinkholes-that-have-ancient-forests-growing-within" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/chinas-heavenly-pits-the-giant-sinkholes-that-have-ancient-forests-growing-within</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/geological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geological</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sinkholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sinkholes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AsianMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AmazingPlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmazingPlanet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EarthSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthSciences</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AncientForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AncientForests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecological</a>

Ben Maas“Everybody knows we got screwed...An ordinance passed in the late ’90s capped farms at 1,500 “animal units,” the equivalent of 1,071 mature dairy cattle. The Daley’s proposed expansion would grow their herd to nearly 6,000 animal units, 4 times the size allowed by law."Ah, so they had to follow the rules, but please do go on...*Side note*SE Minnesota is "karst country" meaning that:"Rainwater collects nitrogen from the commercial fertilizer & manure spread on Winona County farms & carries it through these natural channels until it reaches the aquifers drawn upon by residents’ wells."Thus, putting a larger dairy there is a bad idea.But please go on about being a good steward of the land..."Daley said he doesn’t see the connection between water quality and his farm tripling in size. “Regardless of whether we got cows here or not, there’s farmland, and that farmland gets fertilized with nitrogen,” Daley said."A core problem in Big Ag is many don't accept that their actions pollute groundwater. Despite the fact that more livestock means more manure, and thus more pollution. The argument of Big Ag. regarding groundwater and drinkingwater regulations can be summarized as "regulations for thee (urban and point source pollution) but not me (agriculture)."<a href="https://c.im/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BigAg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigAg</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a><a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/30/in-winona-county-the-tension-between-agriculture-and-water-quality-gets-personal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/30/in-winona-county-the-tension-between-agriculture-and-water-quality-gets-personal/</a>

Mike MalaskaSo dissolution goes:1. Carbonate equilibrium wierdness (med fast) 2. Ca goes swimming (fast) 3. Carbonate equilibrium wierdness (med fast)4. Mg. 5. Pause. 6. Pause. 7. Mg gets ready to go swimming. (Slow) 8. Mg finally goes swimming. 9. [Repeat]This is where kinetics vs. thermodynamics is important.Thermodynamics tells you how much dissolves. Kinetics gives you the rate, and the story.Kinetics tells you there will be a slowly dissolving Mg lag. Thus, fine structure.<a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a>

Matt WillemsenGiant ‘kings of apes’ once roamed southern China. We solved the mystery of their extinction <a href="https://theconversation.com/giant-kings-of-apes-once-roamed-southern-china-we-solved-the-mystery-of-their-extinction-219304" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/giant-kings-of-apes-once-roamed-southern-china-we-solved-the-mystery-of-their-extinction-219304</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gigantopithecus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gigantopithecus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#china</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#primates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adaptation</a>

Mike MalaskaSo 320-350 million year ago. Shallow sea. Brachiopods. Limestone. Then nearby mountain erode (as Pangea forms) and dump sands which turn into sandstone on top of the limestone layers. Much later uplift, but probably some magnesium rich fluids percolated through because we see these honeycomb features of dolomite!Dolomite has a finer <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> dissection. It is more resistant so you get cool-o features like you see here.

Mike MalaskaPicking back up on the GSA <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/cave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cave</a> <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geology</a> field trip. Day 2, cave 3. This was after Mammoth cave, we went to nearby by Crystal Onyx cave. Unlike Mammoth this was a wet cave with lots of drippity dissolution and deposition <a href="https://deepspace.social/tags/karst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#karst</a> features.Yes, it seemed to start out touristy-cheesy. But WOW! did it have a lot of neat geology going on!We were the last tour of the day, just us geological nerds. So we hung out here waiting for our guide and the amazing discoveries below....[thread]

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