Oct 10, 2016: Some serious mileage

Snakeadelic · 10-10-2016, 08:23 AM

So what you see here is a dude looking at a huge pile of dirt. Sometimes, though, the best stories are hidden in a huge pile of dirt.

He's at a road cut northeast of Helena, Montana. The pale stripe above his head is volcanic ash. I believe the dirt-and-rocks blend above it is flood tailings from the draining of an inland sea, but the original description (available at Earth Science Photo of the Day) does not mention that bit. It does talk about the ash layer though.

The ash layer came from Mount Mazama. If the name's unfamiliar, it's because we don't call the mountain that any more. We call it Crater Lake, Oregon. As the ash cloud flies, that's 550 or so miles on the other side of the Rocky Mountains from Helena. By road, according to a famous map/directions site, it's a little over 800 miles and is about a 14-hour drive in ideal conditions.

That must've been a REALLY big boom.

Aaannnnnnnnnnndddd of course I forgot to put the date in the title. Someone, anyone, help fix my goof?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-10-2016, 01:09 PM

She changed her name from Mazama to Crater because she was so embarrassed over making an ash of herself.
Would I lie to you... my oldest and dearest friend... if it didn't involve money or sex?

Griff · 10-10-2016, 01:15 PM

you funny

classicman · 10-10-2016, 03:33 PM

Date is still wrong - unless we are a year ahead of ourselves

Undertoad · 10-10-2016, 03:53 PM

hurr durr

captainhook455 · 10-10-2016, 09:36 PM

I would show him how to edit if he would show me how to post a pic where I want it to go. Phone guys only need answer. Is that right clodfobble?

tarheel

Clodfobble · 10-10-2016, 11:30 PM

...I don't have any idea what you're asking me, but I'm going to say yes, it is completely, 100% right, and you can take that to the bank.

Snakeadelic · 10-11-2016, 07:31 AM

Thankee for the fix! And the funny

You guys have a way of lifting my spirit in tense times...

(Today's the day my neighbor gets back from physical therapy at 10 a.m. and we immediately throw our sh*t in the truck (metaphorically speaking) and haul ourselves over a 7000+ foot above sea level Rocky Mountain pass in the hope of making Idaho Falls by 7 p.m. for the movie!)

Gravdigr · 10-11-2016, 01:29 PM

Good luck!

blueboy56 · 10-13-2016, 12:16 PM

The Lake was called Humongous Lake Missoula. It was filled (and emptied) dozens of times during the ice age as the glaciers would first block the water, then collapse and flood what is now Spokane and eastern Washington state. This factoid is courtesy of Mountain Press, Missoula, Mt. and points west.

10-10-2016, 08:23 AM	#1
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Oct 10, 2016: Some serious mileage So what you see here is a dude looking at a huge pile of dirt. Sometimes, though, the best stories are hidden in a huge pile of dirt. He's at a road cut northeast of Helena, Montana. The pale stripe above his head is volcanic ash. I believe the dirt-and-rocks blend above it is flood tailings from the draining of an inland sea, but the original description (available at Earth Science Photo of the Day) does not mention that bit. It does talk about the ash layer though. The ash layer came from Mount Mazama. If the name's unfamiliar, it's because we don't call the mountain that any more. We call it Crater Lake, Oregon. As the ash cloud flies, that's 550 or so miles on the other side of the Rocky Mountains from Helena. By road, according to a famous map/directions site, it's a little over 800 miles and is about a 14-hour drive in ideal conditions. That must've been a REALLY big boom. Aaannnnnnnnnnndddd of course I forgot to put the date in the title. Someone, anyone, help fix my goof?

10-10-2016, 01:09 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	She changed her name from Mazama to Crater because she was so embarrassed over making an ash of herself. Would I lie to you... my oldest and dearest friend... if it didn't involve money or sex? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-10-2016, 01:15 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	you funny __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-10-2016, 03:33 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Date is still wrong - unless we are a year ahead of ourselves __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-10-2016, 11:30 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	...I don't have any idea what you're asking me, but I'm going to say yes, it is completely, 100% right, and you can take that to the bank. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-10-2016, 03:53 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	hurr durr

10-10-2016, 09:36 PM	#6
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	I would show him how to edit if he would show me how to post a pic where I want it to go. Phone guys only need answer. Is that right clodfobble? tarheel

10-11-2016, 07:31 AM	#8
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Thankee for the fix! And the funny You guys have a way of lifting my spirit in tense times... (Today's the day my neighbor gets back from physical therapy at 10 a.m. and we immediately throw our sh*t in the truck (metaphorically speaking) and haul ourselves over a 7000+ foot above sea level Rocky Mountain pass in the hope of making Idaho Falls by 7 p.m. for the movie!)

10-11-2016, 01:29 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Good luck! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-13-2016, 12:16 PM	#10
blueboy56 Master Locutor Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 151	The Lake was called Humongous Lake Missoula. It was filled (and emptied) dozens of times during the ice age as the glaciers would first block the water, then collapse and flood what is now Spokane and eastern Washington state. This factoid is courtesy of Mountain Press, Missoula, Mt. and points west.

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