Angular Unconformity, With Fungus by auntietk
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Description
Interlaken Park
Seattle, Washington
In geology, an angular unconformity is when sediment deposits pile up on each other, then get upended by some geologic force, then erode, then more sediment layers pile up on top of that. What you would see would be tilted layers with flat layers on top. It indicates a "missing" period where erosion was happening, rather than accumulation.
This tree must have fallen across the path at some point. The blocking tree was cut away and hauled off, and the end, which was at one point horizontal and presumably much higher in elevation, is now tilted past the vertical and has fungus growing on it.
The parallel was interesting to me, at least! :P
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Here's a bit of information for you today:
If you want your birthday to show up on your profile page, there's a place for that now.
Click your tiny avatar on the black bar at the top of the screen
Choose "View Profile"
Click the orange button that says, "Edit Profile."
About the fifth or sixth line down you'll see a place to add your birthday.
You can type it in, or choose a date from the calendar that drops down.
Once you've done that, click the blue "Update Public" button just under the Bio section, and it will show up.
NOTE! Important!
For some unfathomable reason, when you put your birthdate in and hit the update button, it will show your birthday is the day BEFORE the date you entered. Don't worry about it. When you go look at your profile page, you'll see your birthdate has been added ... correctly.
Don't ask me to explain how THAT works! LOL! I only report these things.
Comments (13)
kgb224
Stunning capture Tara.
God bless.
Mulltipass
Fantastic Capture!!!
Love Your Photography!!!
MrsRatbag
I think the mushroom is saying "Hey--watch me make a duck face! Quack quack quack" Great shot and info!
Faemike55
Wicked capture and cool explanation
thanks
jayfar
A great shot and thank you for the info update - all useful.
wysiwig
I just finished looking at Jeff's duck and now here you show us a duck on a log. Outstanding catch.
durleybeachbum
The famous Seattle Pacman fungus, Gobbleblobus washingtoniana. Scarce because of their cannibilistic habits.
I love that parallel. We have a some internationally known geological stuff like that in Dorset. One day I'll take you to see the Lulworth Crumple.
A great opportunity to lie about my age, by the way......if I could be bothered.
CavalierLady
I found scenes like this fascinating when I was in the PNW. Nothing like that here! Equally fascinating image, Tara.
helanker
Excellent shot of these fungi growing the best it can in that angle.
Pitty we can not avoid writing the YEAR of the birth in the profile :-P
LivingPixels
Lovely capture!!
RodS
I went to school with a guy named 'Mushroom.' He was a really fungi....
You can groan now..
A gorgeous photo, Tara - I love shots like this!
Wolfenshire
Cool capture, well done.
dochtersions
It's a very interesting description, Tara, as the picture is very interesting to study for me. I see the upper mold-patient talking to his downstairs neighbor. The downstairs neighbor listen carefully, and I can swear they talk about you, while you took this picture. But, I guess you didn't hear it, unfortunately. btw I know about the birthday update, but I didn't want everybody sees my year of birth, so I did it away again, as it don't work to only mention day and month. ;-) . It's silly of me, I know, but I'm ashamed of my age.