beep@piefed.world to Nature Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoA strange rock formation found deep in the foresti.redd.itimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1imageA strange rock formation found deep in the foresti.redd.itbeep@piefed.world to Nature Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarefullofredgoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·11 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafoni
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days ago Tafoni are commonly defined as small (less than 1 cm) to large (greater than 1 meter) cavity features So if the cavity isn’t under 1cm, isn’t over 1m, and isn’t anywhere in between, it’s not a tafone. That’s handy to know.
minus-squareHiro8811@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoIt is tho, the size probably refers to each individual hole not the whole formation. https://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/sets/72057594071034836/with/6585081769/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafoni
Very cool!
So if the cavity isn’t under 1cm, isn’t over 1m, and isn’t anywhere in between, it’s not a tafone. That’s handy to know.
It is tho, the size probably refers to each individual hole not the whole formation. https://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/sets/72057594071034836/with/6585081769/
It measures the hole, not the whole