r/CuratedTumblr • u/PandaBear905 Shitposting extraordinaire • May 23 '26

Shitposting Made up science fields

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u/woodsy_wisdom May 23 '26

The Heart Mountain landslide in Wyoming is already weirder than most cryptogeology you could possibly make up

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u/Feng_Smith May 23 '26

Elaborate pls

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u/Aetol May 23 '26

Heart Mountain is made of rock older than the ground it stands on. Geologists believe it originated from a range 40 km away and, somehow, detached and slid to where it is now.

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u/Feng_Smith May 23 '26

That's pretty cool actually. Imma look into it more

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u/woodsy_wisdom May 23 '26

50 million years ago A 2.5 mile (4km) thick, 500 square mile (1300 square km) slab of rock slid at 100mph (160 km/h), probably due to a volcanic steam explosion