The "clints" and "grikes" of Southerscales Scar [OC]
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That’s the earth’s wrinkly brain showing through.
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Stromatocytes?
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Limestone pavement is made up of clints (the blocks) and grykes (the fissures or cracks in between). If you peer into the grykes, you’ll discover a rich, hidden world of plants, such as baneberry, green spleenwort, lesser meadow-rue, wood sorrel and herb Robert. The site is rich in ferns, including rigid buckler and hart’s-tongue. https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/southerscales-nature-reserve
Due to the mildly corrosive effects of slightly acidic rain water on the limestone (a process which also leads to the formation of caves and potholes in the dales) deep crevases slowly develop in the rock so that the limestone pavements are actually a "mosaic" of interlocking "clints" and "grykes" https://www.yorkshire-dales.com/limestone-pavements.html
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It's like a field of molar teeth.
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I like this imagery.
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I thought you were talking about some English gangs that met in a field.
Beatiful image, that's amazing
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Hah, well this area is the land of caves and potholes, where there's all sorts of weird and wonderful names.
- Juniper Gulf
- Redundancy Hole
- Braithwaite Wife Hole
- Bull Pot of the Witches
And loads more.
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Thank you!
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God's own country.
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Reminds me of Death Stranding a bit.
