QUOTE (David @ Nov 9 2004, 02:29 AM)
Oh, I certainly do. But what I find particularly attractive, and at the same time particularly frustrating, is that there are epochs' worth of geological history lying right there on those slabs, written out as in a book, and I don't have the ability to read it -- and moreover, it's apparently going to be quite some time before anybody cares to read it to me. How long ago were these sediments laid down, and in what circumstances? What materials are they composed of? What's the difference between the light and the dark layers? When did the sedimentation stop, and why? How long do I have to wait to get even an approximate answer to these questions?
I'd love to get a closer look at features like this.
From above the line?