Ask HN: What inspires awe in you?

Re:Ask HN: What inspires awe in you? by ggm on Friday March 25, 2022 @07:29PM (#30807952)

The apparent immutability of geography in human time, except when you look "harder"

A case in point is the recent piece on the megaflood of the Mediterranean sea: it may well have entirely filled in a matter of months, from initial breach.

Alternatively I am in awe of deep geological time. Sandstone takes a long time. Folding takes a long time. The plasticity of stone under force, heat and time.

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Re:Ask HN: What inspires awe in you? by kaycebasques on Friday March 25, 2022 @07:41PM (#30808021)

I vividly remember backpacking through Painted Desert [1] in Arizona, by far the quietest place I've ever been (and you can viscerally feel it's because of a lack of life), and repeatedly remembering the visitor center exhibits talking about how it all used to be a lush forest.

[1] Scroll down towards the end for some photos => https://kayce.basqu.es/blog/road-trip-2019/

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Re:Ask HN: What inspires awe in you? by ggm on Friday March 25, 2022 @07:50PM (#30808067)

Those strips of intruded rock through granite say it all. Nice trip!

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