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Drew @muddonium 's Mudstone as a thank you for drawing my Hearthiansona, Elbaite <3

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HELLO GAMERS I RE-DID THE CAMP BACKGROUND AGAIN time to be happy until two months later

Lotsa new faces this moon plus a ceremony!

Squirrelpaw -> Squirrelstep (Traits: Charismatic, Den Builder & Good Climber) As a refresher -step means you act similar to your animal based prefix, which I think he does! I interpreted good climber as squirrel-like in nature! He could have been called Squirrelface or Squirreltail!

Grayclaw and Skipperpaw find Beechkit: F. One Moon. Traits: Self-Conscious & Active Imagination

A loner joins the clan with her three kits:

Mistletoefur (F. 30 Moons. Traits: Troublesome, Good Swimmer & Steady Paws). Could have been named Mistletoestorm or Mistletoestream, but both are a mouthful!

Magpiekit (M. Self-Conscious & Fascinated by Prophecies)

Sleetkit (M. Bossy & Careful Listener)

Swallowkit (M. Charming & Picky Nest Builder)

Would it be crazy if I told you someone in this picture is Pipitstorm's mate?

Other Events:

Mudstone is ok!

Rookshade's tail is hurt by a dog

New video online now. Learn the secrets of shale! See some nice pictures of rocks! Watch me miss pronounce everyday words!

Melissa Dickenson

Sonoma Gulch, 2019 

The Deadly Maroon Bells

The Maroon Bells are a pair of peaks in the Rocky Mountains that rank among the most photographed in the world, and are also among the most deceptively dangerous. The Bells are fourteeners, meaning that both peaks exceed 14,000 feet, or in metric terms, more than 4,200 meters. The peaks’ distinctive maroon hues gives a hint to its composition; the Bells are actually made up slightly metamorphosed layers of iron-enriched mudstone that can be easily weathered, unlike many other peaks in the Rockies that are made up of more durable granite and marble. It is these unstable sedimentary layers that gives the Maroon Bells their notoriety — most of the hiking trails are littered with loose rubble that has killed a number of hikers in separate accidents during the 1970s.

To anyone who has taken an introductory geology course, this may raise some questions. Mudstone is a type of sedimentary rock, a class of rocks that is most prone to weathering and erosion, so how is it possible that flaky mudstones make up two of the tallest peaks in the Rocky Mountains?

Two regional tectonic events, which occurred tens of millions of years apart, are the main reasons for this geological anomaly. About 300 million years ago, colliding plates pushed together to form mountains that rose in what would become modern Colorado. Over time, these sierras were weathered and eroded away, depositing sediments in valleys that were slowly oxidized to today’s rusty maroon. About 200 million years after the collapse of these peaks, the same colliding plates built up another series of ridges underneath the resting maroon sediment. This second mountain-building event would eventually form the modern Rocky Mountains, but only the Maroon Bells retain the maroon sedimentary layers that are visible today.

-DC

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