Time
Is every landscape an image of time? The eternal sky shining in sunlight scattered at the universal speed limit; the clouds being made at the moment; the distant trees living hardly longer than a human being; the land lifted by mantle turbulence over millions of years, the relentless Colorado River—into which no one can step twice—carving, carving, carving, aided by rain and frost over a few million years, deep into hard ancient rock; the stack of sediments, all older than 300 million years, and the deep metamorphic basement formed about 1.7 billion years ago.
Happy Valentines Day!
14 Feb 2023; 05:15 UTC
Explored 14 Feb 2023, no97
Time
Is every landscape an image of time? The eternal sky shining in sunlight scattered at the universal speed limit; the clouds being made at the moment; the distant trees living hardly longer than a human being; the land lifted by mantle turbulence over millions of years, the relentless Colorado River—into which no one can step twice—carving, carving, carving, aided by rain and frost over a few million years, deep into hard ancient rock; the stack of sediments, all older than 300 million years, and the deep metamorphic basement formed about 1.7 billion years ago.
Happy Valentines Day!
14 Feb 2023; 05:15 UTC
Explored 14 Feb 2023, no97