Stray Stones #001

By the end of the XVIII century, geologists had learned to understand rocks well. They determined that the wandering stones consist mainly of "pristine" rocks: granites, quartzites, gneisses, characterized by strength, density, and solidity. These rocks are exposed in the mountains. On the plains, they are blocked by a thick layer of precipitation. People, of course, tried to explain the origin of wild stones, and the more closely they studied them, the more misunderstandings they discovered. Why do the primordial stones miraculously move on the ground and lie down like a tired herd, wherever they get, even on loose, recently poured by wind or water precipitation? What forces drove the boulders away from their native mountains? Layers of earth lie on top of each other, just as clothes cover a person: underwear, then a suit, and finally a coat. And then it turned out like this: a man was walking down the street normally dressed, and suddenly it turned out that he had scraps of underwear on top of his coat. There was something to marvel at! First of all, it was necessary to find out where the stray stones came from. While geologists were exploring the surroundings of their hometowns, this question remained unanswered. It was worth going on a trip, the surprises began. Swiss geologist Horace Benedict Saussure, a fearless explorer of the Alps, discovered in the Jurassic Mountains, consisting of limestones (rocks of relatively young, "secondary"), blocks of pristine granites and gneiss. Where would they come from here? They abound in the central part of the range, but not in the Jurassic Mountains. How could they get here, to the outskirts, passing through valleys and passes along the way? German geologists-travelers Leopold von Buch and Gausmann found in the Scandinavian Mountains the same rocks that make up the boulders of Germany. Russian geologists Pallas, Lepekhin, Severgin, Razumovsky found the distant homeland of the wandering stones of the Russian plain. It turned out to be Finland and Scandinavia. It remains to comprehend the force that tore the boulders from the pristine mountains and carried them for many hundreds of miles, building them on hills and valleys. No geological force currently operating in the mountains and plains of Europe could have done such a Job.

Of course, the mountains are still being destroyed. Large and small fragments, pebbles and boulders are formed. But they all slide down. If they are attracted by flowing waters, then even then the movement is directed from the upper reaches (hills) to the lower reaches. Where has it been seen that stones climb a mountain by themselves? But there are some among the wandering stones. There are a lot of them in Switzerland. In England, on the Isle of Man, granite boulders were lifted four hundred meters up the slope from the place from where they were rejected. Another mysterious family is the "sessile stones". That’s what the boulders were called, frozen in some extraordinary place. For example, there is an ancient boulder on the top of a mountain consisting of young rocks. Or perched on the edge of the gorge is a kind of wandering rock that came from nowhere. It’s trying to fall down. What kind of evil spirit brought him here? By the beginning of the last century, geologists were divided into two groups. A "scientific war" began between them. It lasted for a hundred years, and some echoes of it can be heard in modern geological disputes. 또한, 전통적인 바카라사이트 게임을 선호하는 플레이어를 위한 다양한 테이블 게임도 제공합니다. 여기에는 블랙잭, 룰렛, 바카라와 같은 고전적인 게임이 포함됩니다. 이 웹 사이트는 또한 이러한 게임의 다양한 변형을 제공하여 플레이어가 선택할 수 있는 다양한 옵션을 제공하며, 가장 현실적인 카지노 경험을 원하는 사람들을 위해 라이브 딜러 게임을 제공합니다. 이러한 게임은 실제 딜러가 주최하며 플레이어는 딜러 및 다른 플레이어와 실시간으로 상호 작용할 수 있습니다.f96bc2a3cd3411ef0e6d3c80efe788cf