Every Rock has a story to tell: These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt. Unfortunately...

Jrkarra Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt.

Unfortunately, the only language that they can communicate is SILENCE.

I sat there for sometime, silently listening to the sounds of wind blowing in which I felt that their pains were encrypted, but couldn't understand.

Looks like this Advanced Civilization had put our Ignorance on Steroids.

#silence #sastrykarra

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cliff Hilbert Loc: Plano, TX

The understanding of the geology of those rocks would be interesting. I’ve taken several similar shots and afterward wondered how they were formed and the meanings of the different layers.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

I see what you're trying to say (and/or show), and while I wouldn't go so far as to declare either yea or nay, I would suggest you Google the phrase 'pathetic fallacy' as a means to get a sense of the what's and why's and wherefores of Ruskin's discourse on the 'problem' involved in attributing human feelings, emotions, or behaviors to inanimate non-human objects. That 'objective/subjective' response and attribution of traits is similar to personification, but there are differences as well, which a closer read into Wordsworth's and Tennyson's responces/replies are worth a read, as well, so long as you recognize that the phrase has evolved and been aesthetically refined over the past few centuries.

Then there's the whole bug-a-boo of what photography people want to call "story" that needs to be contended with as well. And most don't contend with it well. That's because they're falling into another form of pathetic fallacy altogether, one in which the elements of literature can somehow be attributed to a visual medium.

This may sound as though I'm panning your images. But I am not.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

These shots, to me, are quite good.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Mars/Earth, rock geology "rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate,"

Dannj

Cany143 wrote:

I see what you're trying to say (and/or show), and... (show quote)

And there’s that😳

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Jrkarra wrote:

These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt.

Unfortunately, the only language that they can communicate is SILENCE.

I sat there for sometime, silently listening to the sounds of wind blowing in which I felt that their pains were encrypted, but couldn't understand.

Looks like this Advanced Civilization had put our Ignorance on Steroids.

#silence #sastrykarra

Fantastic set!!!

eagle80 Loc: Kutztown, PA

Join a local rock club.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Very good shots of those ancient relics.

Whenever I see exposed rock striations in the many road cuts in my area, I always think of the time span that is exposed for our seeing. I just cannot comprehend such deep time frames. I can understand why some folks just give up even trying to consider multiple millions of years and just accept that the earth is 6,000 years old.

Stan

clickety

dpullum wrote:

Mars/Earth, rock geology "rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate,"

And, all your ‘EV’s’ would have prevented that “change”??

clickety

A very captivating series, I found in very difficult to stop viewing.👍👍

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Jrkarra wrote:

These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt.

Unfortunately, the only language that they can communicate is SILENCE.

I sat there for sometime, silently listening to the sounds of wind blowing in which I felt that their pains were encrypted, but couldn't understand.

Looks like this Advanced Civilization had put our Ignorance on Steroids.

#silence #sastrykarra

All the rocks you have shown have one thing in common; they used to be larger. Ever wonder what became of the rock removed by the Colorado River that we now refer to as the Grand Canyon? That is lots of rock/stone/pebble/sand to dispose of. Where did it all go?

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Jrkarra wrote:

These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt.

Unfortunately, the only language that they can communicate is SILENCE.

I sat there for sometime, silently listening to the sounds of wind blowing in which I felt that their pains were encrypted, but couldn't understand.

Looks like this Advanced Civilization had put our Ignorance on Steroids.

#silence #sastrykarra

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

Jrkarra wrote:

These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt.

Unfortunately, the only language that they can communicate is SILENCE.

I sat there for sometime, silently listening to the sounds of wind blowing in which I felt that their pains were encrypted, but couldn't understand.

Looks like this Advanced Civilization had put our Ignorance on Steroids.

#silence #sastrykarra

You're right. Every rock does have a story to tell. But it's not about suffering and pain of what's happened to it. It a story of a journey that our planet has been through for 4+ billion years. Not only how it's changed; this rock is sedimentary but it might have been igneous or metamorphic as well in it's past. Someone asked where did all the rock go that was in the Grand Canyon. You're looking at it. Another part of the story is where has it been. With our recent understanding of plate tectonics and continental drift, the spot we're standing on used to be closer to the south pole than the north pole. It's been quite a ride and quite a journey if you can read the story the rocks tell.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Jrkarra wrote:

These rocks are trying to tell their Story, all the pains it went thru due to changes in climate, the emotional stress when it got hurt.

Unfortunately, the only language that they can communicate is SILENCE.

I sat there for sometime, silently listening to the sounds of wind blowing in which I felt that their pains were encrypted, but couldn't understand.

Looks like this Advanced Civilization had put our Ignorance on Steroids.

#silence #sastrykarra

The interesting and varied patterns could tell a story with many wonderful characters and subjects, if only we could find a translator for the language of them. Very intriguing and beautiful patterns. Thank you for sharing.