#dropstone

[winemomwow]

Professor Layton video I made on diabolical box wahoooo!!!!!!

[drrockclub]

Rocks out of place

Why are these rocks out of place? They just do not fit the environment in which they are. The sea waves that moved the medium to coarse sand that is now the sandstone that surrounds these boulders, are not strong enough to move boulders. There is a huge contrast in mass between the sand and the boulder. So, the only explanation is they were placed here by some other means. For this reason, such rocks are called ‘dropstones’, as they were dropped/placed into their current position, rather than being transported along with the surrounding sediment.

One explanation how this could have happened, is the sea ice. During Permian (~300-250 million years ago) this region was under ice age conditions, with glaciers covering the continent from land to sea. So, whether it was glaciers sliding into the sea, or sea ice enveloping loose boulders around the coast and moving them off into the sea; it is impossible to say exactly. But, because ice floats on water, it provides a good candidate for a mechanism of moving these heavy boulders from the land to the sea bypassing the sea wave transport.

Ulladulla, Australia

[sunnyskies281]

THE LITTLE STAGES FOR THE MINI DIORAMAS IN THE DAILY PUZZLE THING FOR AZRAN LEGACY ALL RESEMBLE DIFFERENT PL TOWNS/CITIES

AAAAA

[dearesthershel]

Some of the beautiful puzzle artwork in Pandora’s Box HD, upscaled 4x.

[earthstory]

Diamictite A diamictite (pictured) is a sedimentary rock filled with large chunks of rock down to mud. This contrast in the size and variety of the particles in the rock is called “very-poorly sorted” by geologists. Most sedimentary rocks have one or two grain sizes, which makes Diamictites an odd ball. They form in a wide variety of environments, which makes interpretation of them difficult. Oneexplanation of the rock is a glacial deposit over a body of water. Also known as a dropstone, it forms when glacial ice brings large boulders to water then drops them in the middle of the water, thereby placing big rocks in mud. You can form the same rocks with debris flows or other mass wasting events like landslides. Even volcanos and impacts from space can form them. Mr. A Image Credit: Matt Affolter

[laytonaesthetics]

a moodboard for sophia herzen in dropstone!

[laytonscreencaps]

Professor Layton Locations | Dropstone

Visually, Dropstone stands as a complete contrast to its sister town, Folsense. Whereas it is night in Folsense and the lighting is completely artificial, an almost blinding array of electric lights and neon signs, Dropstone is very natural. The village is picturesque, surrounded by fields, forest, rolling green hills and, even further in the distance, craggy mountains. The sky is clear, a robin's egg blue. Likewise, the town's color scheme is soft and pastel, pale primary colors that suggest a gentle and peaceful settlement. Whereas Folsense is prententious and gaudy, Dropstone is a simple rural settlement, the houses rustic and quaint. Even during its 50th Anniversary celebration, the village remains laid-back and slow-paced. The biggest tension seen involves a mix-up during the cow festival.

If St. Mystere is Flora’s village, then Dropstone is Sophia’s. After leaving Folsense behind with her then unborn child, Sophia founded the village of Dropstone with a handful of other ex-Folsense citizens  and became its matriarch. Even after her death, her influence remains strong, especially in the lives of her son-in-law, Mr. Anderson, and granddaughter, Katia, two of the village's most prominent citizens. Mr. Anderson describes the village best: 

"These picturesque hills...These happy people. Dropstone has been blessed with so much. Sophia built this place from scratch into a village full of warmth and cameraderie. Dropstone must never be allowed to wither and die like so many other villages. After all, this places owes its current prosperity to the sacrifices she made."

Sophia's sacrifices (leaving behind her old life in Folsense, including Anton) weren't without complex ramifications, both good and bad. Yet by creating Dropstone, she was able to provide a means of eventually revitalizing the empty shell of her former home. At Sophia’s request, Katia returns to Folsense to tell her grandfather the truth about why Sophia left and after the collapsing castle seals the mines, the citizens of Dropstone arrive, pick-axes in hand, ready to (re)build a town from scratch just as Sophia did fifty years ago.

[laytonwithagun]

Me: *goes anywhere in the countryside* Also me: God I love Dropstone