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Even geology papers about Heart Mountain are like, “Look, we all agree this ‘volcanic gas earthquake hovercraft’ thing seems like it can’t possibly be right, but…”
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Source: xkcd.com/3162/
tal@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Huh. Hadn’t heard of this before now.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Mountain_(Wyoming)
Doxin@pawb.social 23 hours ago
That last bit is absurd. A mountain was over highway speeds for 30 minutes?
Crazy
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
This really messes with the concept of geologic timeframe,
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Now if only my kidney stones could move that fast
tal@lemmy.today 17 hours ago
Well, this is in Montana, and until 1999, they were unique in the US in not really having highway speed limits.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 22 hours ago
Think of it as a really large boulder thrown from a volcanic eruption