Friday, May 4, 2012
TIME LAPSE IN REVERSE
SUPPOSE WE COULD STAND AT, SAY, HONOLULU AND OCEAN VIEW AND TAKE A TRIP BACK VIA A RAPID SUCCESSION OF FIVE SECOND VIEWS AND EACH VIEW WOULD GO BACK 500 YRS. FIVE SECONDS WOULD BE LONG ENOUGH TO OBSERVE. LETS DO THIS FOR SEVERAL HOURS SO AT THE END WE WOULD BE STANDING THERE MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. HERE IS WHAT WE WOULD NOTICE MOST: THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTS WOULD SINK INTO THE EARTH. THE SAN GABRIELS ARE GROWING AT A RAPID RATE GEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING. THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE IS MOVING SOUTH WEST WHILE THE PACIFIC PLATE IS MOVING NORTHWEST, THE SAN ANDREAS IS THE BORDER OF EACH PLATE AND IS SUBJECT TO NOT ONLY A SLIDE BY EACH OTHER ASPECT, BUT A HEAD ON COLLISION ASPECT. THE SAN GABRIELS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER RANGES ARE THE MATERIAL THRUST UPWARD BY THE COLLISION ASPECT. I DO NOT THINK I AM EMOTIONALLY STRONG ENOUGH TO GO BACK ONE MILLION YEARS IN ONE TAKE...JUST TOO BIZARRE...A HOT, HUMID FOREST OF DRIPPING TREES, AND DINOSAURS....BUT WHAT WOULD FINISH ME OFF WOULD BE TO SEE THE SHOPPING BAG STORE AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED......B.
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