Mimetoliths

A nice - and occasionally surprisingly poetic - website on mimetoliths.

The idea to post it was inspired directly by the various threads about seemingly artificially made structures on Mars and elsewhere, but I thought a wider audience could profit from its educational content (hence an independent thread).

Don't get me wrong: I am perfectly open to the idea that some of the formations discussed in the various threads, notably some of the formations on Earth, could have been manipulated by some force other than nature. But I am sure everyone will agree that being acutely aware of what nature can do - and does - is not a bad idea.

I also think it would be a good idea for people to contribute as many natural anthropomorphic (or other interestingly shaped) rock formations from their home countries, or places they have been to. This way, we could build a useful library of images, for reference and educational use.

These come directly from the website above, but I just had to post them because they are so beautiful - and even "humorous", as a researcher called one of them:


Soft-boiled egg, hold the spam


and


The Virgin Mary


and my personal favourite:

A faux-Munch


(We knew, of course, that Nature was an artist... but who would have thought that it had a knack for modernist art? :-))



P.S. I just have to add this one for your viewing pleasure...
It's positively gorgeous.


The Paradise Island





[edit on 19-5-2008 by Vanitas]

How come no Scots(wo)man here mentioned the Grey Man of Merrick?

Tsk, tsk... where's your national pride?

I live about 15 miles from this, and have seen it on many occasions when I was younger and into hillwalking - wish I had taken some photos

Quite a cool sight to see (although not when its pouring with rain and the mist is down).


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Thanks for the heads up!

Are there any local legends or tales related to it?

Not as far as I'm aware but I'll visit the local museum and ask a few old folk in the area, maybe they might have heard a few tales - as the local area is steeped in history.


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That would be nice!
Thanks.


And again, if anyone has photos of such formations in their own environment, I hope you post them here.

This is one is almost funny...

Here's looking at you, kid


And this one is elegantly eerie, if there is such a thing...


Between Worlds

(It reminds me of Etruscan art. But then, I am very partial to the Etruscan culture, so even the soft-boiled egg - see the second post - might remind me of it... )

Amazing, how little interest and admiration Mother Nature gets...