A LITTLE PIECE OF LIMESTONE ON A SANDY BEACH ON LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS LITTLE STONE STARTED OUT SIMPLY LAYING ON THE SAND. IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FIFTY CENT PIECE. THE MONTH WAS FEBRUARY. THE STORY IS...THE STONE LAYING ON FROZEN SAND ON A WIND SWEPT BEACH...ON SUNNY DAYS, THE SUN EXPOSED SAND THAWED AND THE WIND SWEPT IT AWAY...AS LAYER AFTER LAYER OF THAWED SAND BLEW AWAY, ONLY THE SAND LEFT IN THE SHADOW OF THE STONE REMAINED SOLID. WITH THE SUN LOW IN THE SOUTHERN SKY, THE PEDESTAL GREW THINNER AND THINNER AS IT SEEMED TO GROW HIGHER AND HIGHER, BUT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE STONE'S WEIGHT. ULTIMATELY, WIND AND SUN WON OUT...THIS STONE BECAME JUST ANOTHER LAYING ON THE BEACH. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THIS PHENOMENON REPEATED ITSELF. 'EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY DON'T IT.'
Monday, April 12, 2010
WK. 13; PHOTO ESSAY 'PEDESTAL ROCK'
A LITTLE PIECE OF LIMESTONE ON A SANDY BEACH ON LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS LITTLE STONE STARTED OUT SIMPLY LAYING ON THE SAND. IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FIFTY CENT PIECE. THE MONTH WAS FEBRUARY. THE STORY IS...THE STONE LAYING ON FROZEN SAND ON A WIND SWEPT BEACH...ON SUNNY DAYS, THE SUN EXPOSED SAND THAWED AND THE WIND SWEPT IT AWAY...AS LAYER AFTER LAYER OF THAWED SAND BLEW AWAY, ONLY THE SAND LEFT IN THE SHADOW OF THE STONE REMAINED SOLID. WITH THE SUN LOW IN THE SOUTHERN SKY, THE PEDESTAL GREW THINNER AND THINNER AS IT SEEMED TO GROW HIGHER AND HIGHER, BUT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE STONE'S WEIGHT. ULTIMATELY, WIND AND SUN WON OUT...THIS STONE BECAME JUST ANOTHER LAYING ON THE BEACH. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THIS PHENOMENON REPEATED ITSELF. 'EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY DON'T IT.'
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