Where my mudfossil anons at?
>>42989570If these geological features are the result of petrifying soft tissues, how do you explain the surrounding geological features made of the same materials that do not have the appearance of petrified soft tissues? Why are these features indistinguishable from the surrounding rock in composition, internal structure/texture, and faults/joints?
>>42989595The standard geological procceses like erosion, volcanism and deposisition all apply to this concept. Imagine the scenario which resulted in the Bog Bodies of Ireland, but the entire surface of the earth could facilitate those conditions for longer. It's been shown through the work of Efisio Marini and others. Look into Mother Shiptons cave as well if you are truly interested.
>>42989615The bog bodies are preserved organic materials, not mineralized ones. I’m very specifically asking why these so called mudfossils do not preserve anything but a passing external shape resemblance of the supposed organic material. If we were seeing fossilization process, we should see minerals crystallizing in pore spaces or the replacement of one mineral for another in the case of bones. Like silica filling the pores of petrified wood. Something to that effect. Or we would see mineral encrustations over supposed bodies like in the case of pyritization. Or we could see carbonization, carbon films, like in plant fossils. All of these things preserve organic structure to some extent. Those that replace organic structures, such as molds or casts, are almost invariably filled with different from matrix minerals or sediments. Why are mudfossils the same matrix material as surrounding rocks that aren’t mudfossils? Why are the internal thin sections of these mudfossils showing the same texture and jointing as other non-mudfossils rocks of the same geological feature in which they are found?
>>42989631I will be sure to discuss this topic further. Hopfully this thread will still be open at that time.
>>42989631your mistake is assuming standard fossilizations. this is the result of electroconductive transmutation. it was scrubbed in 2015 but i once saw a veido of a high transmission power line worker in alberta servicing a downed line, he had a crystal clear quartz "fossilized" tree stump, but it wasnt old, it petrified within 18 hours of non stop exposer to the downed high transmission power line.
>>42989776Assuming such a process could actually work, and it would indeed seem more alchemical than standard models of chemistry or geology, are you suggesting that these giant organisms were rapidly buried and then subjected to high voltage electricity? Some of these supposed mudfossils are rather large and that seems a bit far-fetched. Further, images like the “fist” in the OP are not simple quartz. That would be a granite formation in Tung Ping Chau, Hong Kong. Granite is a complex igneous rock comprised of feldspars and quartz primarily, and the crystals are usually indicative of a slower cooling. What caused the rest of the granite to exist behind it? The stuff that doesn’t look like a mudfossil and the rest of the same formation?
>>42989809yep, look into randal caralsons end of ice age catastrophic geology then add a touch of plasma cosmology and velikovskian end of saturnian golden age lore for the "impact" source. even the fading rings of saturn were formed in said event
>>42989809and to your second question, you assume only the giant was electropetrified. were talking mile thick thousand mile high many days sustained lightening blots arching between planets here yo squattingman.webp
>>42989852>>42989858In my understanding of lightning strikes and the crystallization of melts, I cannot think of any reason why we should see a granite result from such processes. When lightning hits a pure quartz sand, it produces something known as a fulgurite. The crystalline structure of the quartz grains is destroyed as the quartz melts to glass. To produce crystals would require a long period of cooling, often in the presence of pressure. To ensure that the crystals form rather than creating a glass, the temperature of the surface of the Earth would need to be sufficient to allow for the slow cooling of these crystals and the differential precipitation of different minerals as crystals. Even with water facilitating this process, the surface of the Earth would need to be maintained at about 600 Celsius long enough for the crystals to form, given standard models.
>>42989875i didnt mention the catastrophic at the end of the last ice age arbitrarily. were not discussing every day lighting strikes here were discussing planets passing close enough to one another for interplanetary static discharge to occure.
>>42989883How did any life persist when the surface of the Earth had to be 600 degrees for an extended period of time?
>>42989887you assume it did, try assuming noah was a master of abiogenic alchemy instead, he didnt take 2 of each animal he took his lore and his lab on his boat.
>>42989875you seem to be engaging earnestly but may i ask why did you glaze over >mile thick>thousand mile high>many days sustainedwhen you asked > Earth would need to be maintained at about 600 Celsius long enough for the crystals to formim having a hard time finding a slot for you that isnt tryhard contrarian cause there dosnt seem to be a reasonable answer to this
>>42989936Someone who studied the normative models of geology. A mile deep isn’t that much, all considered. Less than a kilobar of pressure, so close enough to surface pressure given standard quaternary diagrams. Further, I thought the surface strikes would have more effect at the surface than at such sediment depths anyway. The average lightning strike penetrates to between 3-9 meters of Earth, but the voltage drops exponentially the further down it goes because of the radial spread. When I say cooling for an extended duration, I mean the temperature has to remain relatively stable for days, too. The surface is the most viable place in direct plasma interactions given these facts and the proposed mechanisms. Thus the surface would have to be about 600 degrees Celsius for a granite with crystals to grow. I’m assuming a best case scenario here, actually. Fluid depresses both melt and crystallization points down to about that 600 degrees at roughly surface pressures. Extrapolation from fluid rich pegmatite pockets, which can grow crystals in roughly three days.
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>>42989570>Not taking a picture stopping this fist with your fist for infinite aura farming.
>>42990084i was describing the size of the bolts in atmosphere not their subsurface penetration.... >>42989883>picrelated
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>>42990168I don’t understand how that makes a difference. Sure, it would be more powerful. But because of the spread, the energy reduces exponentially the further it travels. To the point where melting no longer occurs. Constant strikes at the same location would be necessary for the melt to remain a melt, and constancy of heating for no less than three days would be necessary for crystals to actually grow while the melt cools. Fulgurites are glass because they melt and cool almost instantly. Crystals don’t get a chance to grow when cooling is rapid. We would expect to see an aphanitic texture at best even from volcanic flows from subsurface melts. All phase diagrams for granite require at least 600 degrees Celsius (actually a little higher, but I’m rounding down) before the crystals will melt, and then that heat must be maintained for no less than three days for crystals to grow large enough to be described as granite. In very special circumstances but I’m also giving this the best odds normative models can. If you have an alternative mechanism for pressures, fluids, and temperatures for the rapid growth of granite mineral crystals from a melt induced by lightning strikes, I would love to hear it.
>>42989776>find cool thing>make up crazy story to explain thing>post online>profit?The thing would have to be supersaturated with pure silica to actually "petrify". At most you might get a replacement from silica melt infilling the cavity after the stump burned away but it'd be an extremely impure glass, not clear quartz.
>>42990199Neat!
>>42989590That's a sculpture called The Giant in Spring Canyon Park
>>42993775The claim that the toes in that park are a sculpture is simply not true. There are sculptures in that park, but they were inspired by the toes which have been around so long that the Native Americans in that area have a legend tied to the toes of a giant who was slain by a tomahawk and turned to stone. Also, notice the divot to the far left in >>42989590 which to me indicates that there was a sixth toe that was removed or eroded. This is further evidence that it's legit, since many sources (Native American and otherwise) allege that giants had six fingers and six toes on each appendage. Might I ask where you heard that this is a sculpture or provide a source? I'm curious as to where the sculpture claim originated.
