tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post4458211237426750025..comments2024-03-17T18:37:36.377-07:00Comments on Geotripper: A Sunday Night's "So What Is It?Garry Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531226195147986457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-78715886406212618692010-10-14T08:14:16.067-07:002010-10-14T08:14:16.067-07:00Heh, just stumbled across this pic: http://www.fl...Heh, just stumbled across this pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50121906@N07/5077306554/<br /><br />(parclair)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-69810210411354168152010-10-12T12:47:54.981-07:002010-10-12T12:47:54.981-07:00If a mafic enclave is the same thing as a xenolith...If a mafic enclave is the same thing as a xenolith, I agree with Mountainbeltway. TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-45556470233619731562010-10-12T07:30:41.194-07:002010-10-12T07:30:41.194-07:00A big mafic enclave, weathering out of the Sierran...A big mafic enclave, weathering out of the Sierran granite?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-32268324457345494382010-10-11T20:09:36.093-07:002010-10-11T20:09:36.093-07:00It is a giant petrified morel mushroom. Two mushr...It is a giant petrified morel mushroom. Two mushrooms are in an oven and one looks at the other and says "oh my gosh were being cooked" the other looks over and says "oh my gosh a talking mushroom".<br /><br />I also would say its a glacial erratic, and the rock it sits on weathered faster creating the pedestal <br /><br />Doug NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-68919833760547920882010-10-11T18:15:48.977-07:002010-10-11T18:15:48.977-07:00It looks like a petrified hot air balloon, especia...It looks like a petrified hot air balloon, especially in the first photo.Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-17447073928189065152010-10-11T09:54:40.990-07:002010-10-11T09:54:40.990-07:00I like the idea of a teed-up golf ball for giants-...I like the idea of a teed-up golf ball for giants-- although black would be hard to track in the forest. Or, it could be a giant's rugby ball on a tee.<br /><br />I too think it's a glacial erratic, dropped onto, or stuck on granite of a different composition.<br /><br />The identity form defeats me, so I come on as anonymous, ParclairAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-60321908640073617672010-10-11T08:57:24.497-07:002010-10-11T08:57:24.497-07:00Could it be a glacial erratic? The pedestal could ...Could it be a glacial erratic? The pedestal could have been formed by differential weathering.Randy A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-21724814894278121262010-10-11T07:38:27.889-07:002010-10-11T07:38:27.889-07:00Mike had to help me with this one. It's called...Mike had to help me with this one. It's called an "atlas rock" and is the only one left from a game of lifting giant boulders onto pedestals. And this is just one of the small ones.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-60331321360179928892010-10-11T04:00:03.178-07:002010-10-11T04:00:03.178-07:00Giants play golf!Giants play golf!bogoizbraniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15046727854153069324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5211670216140060946.post-18143528915766845892010-10-11T00:28:58.994-07:002010-10-11T00:28:58.994-07:00Oh man! THAT'S where I left my giant vintage f...Oh man! THAT'S where I left my giant vintage football. Thanks, I'll go pick that up in a couple days. Sorry for your inconveniences. <br /><br />Serious Answer: Is it some kind of massive concretion that has been weathered out of its original location and is now perched on this pedestal thanks to weathering?meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14888150447633425696noreply@blogger.com