Wednesday, September 9, 2020

IN the NEWS - Flowing Water... hmmm...

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth....
Genesis 7:18

"Stone forests are pointed rock formations resembling trees that populate regions of China, Madagascar, and many other locations worldwide.

They are as majestic as they are mysterious, created by uncertain forces that give them their shape.
Our work reveals a mechanism that explains how these sharply pointed rock spires, a source of wonder for centuries, come to be,” said senior author Dr. Leif Ristroph, a researcher in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
Through a series of simulations and experiments, we show how flowing water carves ultra-sharp spikes in landforms.”
The study also illuminates a mechanism that explains the prevalence of sharply pointed rock spires in karst, a topography formed by the dissolution of rocks, such as limestone."
SciNews