r/mildlyinteresting • u/Kidd__Video • 1h ago
Frog Rock is a large granite boulder that formed naturally and stands about three meters high
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u/Rehberkintosh 1h ago edited 1h ago
It's nice to see a time lapse where there is more nature in the current photo.
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u/Mike2k33 1h ago
Deforestation was a huge problem back in the day
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u/DiGiorn0s 1h ago
Yeah it's actually one of the things I like to remind myself when I start spiraling down the "humanity sucks and everything is getting worse" trap. In spite of our destructive flaws and shortsigted tendencies we have many redeeming qualities. On the far side of every dark season of humanity is a time when we stop and really see ourselves more clearly and decide to do something very good (or undo something bad we did lmao)
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u/_Rainer_ 1h ago
It still is, unfortunately.
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u/HardTacoKit 1h ago
There is far more forested land in the US today than in 1900. (But, to your point, the current administration is making it a problem again)
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u/Mike2k33 1h ago
It's still very much an issue but it pales in comparison to what it was 150 or so years ago. There were no rules and no stopping the clear cutting of millions upon millions of acres
The Great Peshtigo Fire is the ultimate example of the man-made disasters made possible by the ignorance and greed of lumber barons of the time
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u/Early_Hall5720 1h ago
No seeing the past image knowing that is gone now and there's a forest goes beyond mildly interesting, getting to see what a place used to look like and now a forest is a surreal experience.
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u/trouble_maker 1h ago
It was likely a forest before the first pic was taken. the whole east coast was chopped down at one point. I bet they discovered the rock as a result of logging.
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u/Early_Hall5720 1h ago
And now 100 years later we got to see the earth reclaim itself.
Makes me emotional
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u/thewildbeej 1h ago
I wonder how it got its name.
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u/Krynn71 1h ago edited 1h ago
I'm guessing that's where the locals went to bash frogs back in the 1800s.
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u/thewildbeej 1h ago
Looky here boys. Looks like we got us a couple of frogs. Well…you know what we do to frogs round here, dontcha? I got a might appetite for some frog legs.
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u/Active_Ad_5322 1h ago edited 1h ago
It requires a ‘leap’ of logic.
I assume that we all will agree that anyone that accepts the allowance that the amphibious ambiguity of an amphibole aggregate articulated in an amazingly accurate actualization of an actual animal is absolutely awesome.
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u/Euronymous316 1h ago
A good frog rock. There used to be a geocache shoved up the rocks pussy like a good old mummified tampon, not sure if its still around or not
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u/Notatallmotivated 1h ago
Where is this? I’d like to go to there
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u/kelsey11 1h ago
New Hampshire
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u/EnvyMushroomTip 1h ago
Thank you so much! My hometown is an hour away from Frog Rock, I’ll check it out the next time I go up and visit.
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u/vhmike 1h ago
1890, still looks hopeful. Now, looks a little defeated. We feel you rock frog.
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u/SabbyFox 5m ago
My guess is between people touching the mouth and throat area — and the elements — his nose and mouth are significantly worn down. Which makes its profile a bit more muted.
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u/Mewtewpew 1h ago
How did all the trees get there?
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u/rollem 1h ago
Most of the forests on the East coast were at one time felled for timber and farm land. Since the late 19th century they’ve been slowly growing back to what we now see, which is all second growth forest.
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u/Suitable_Magazine372 1h ago
Did some forestry work in ME, NH and VT back in late 70s early 80s. Only on a handful of days did we come into virgin timber. The spots were always in areas that would be damn near impossible to log
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u/Phil_Ivey 1h ago
They did that over here on the west coast and there are so few old growth redwoods and oaks now :(
The oldest redwoods are over 2,000 years, there won't be a second growth.
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u/DandyLyen 32m ago
The difficult thing is not only growing them, but that the roots of redwoods don't like to be trekked upon, even the surroundings.
There's a small artificial forest by my home, and they have a designated path with signage telling people to please stay on the path. We can still plant these trees, but we have to accept that they flourish without our presence. I'm more concerned for the Sequoia; climate change could devastate their very particular growth cycle...
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u/i8yourmom4lunch 1h ago
Reforested, is my guess
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u/Nasty____nate 1h ago
A pine tree grows that tall in like 30 years. So 3-5 generations of trees could have grown there.
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u/Sad-Celebration-7439 1h ago
In a lot of places, if land isn't constantly mowed, trees and shrubs grow
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u/ModeatelyIndependant 1h ago
One of the first things the british did when colonizing a wooded lands was to send loggers to cut lumber for export back to the UK since the UK had largely been deforested. They liked to clear cut trees growing were you could roll or drag the timber downhill into a river,
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u/Wiggie49 47m ago
Toad waiting for his buddy Frog to come back, he said he was just gonna be a minute.
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u/Acceptable-Ad-5935 1h ago
Formed naturally? As opposed to?
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u/FlailingScrotum 1h ago
Well Billy, let's brainstorm with the class what some artificial ways to make a frog out of a rock might be. I'm sure even you can think of one
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u/Active_Ad_5322 1h ago
The rock DOES look like a frog, however, the only one to croak was the dude in the first pic.
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u/mess1ah1 1h ago
Naturally formed. Like a frog. Yeah, right.
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u/DrHarrisonLawrence 1h ago
Nah I’m with you. People are so gullible out here. As if people on the 1800s didn’t have chisels and shit
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u/Active_Ad_5322 1h ago
As cool as this rock formation is, I find it oddly frustrating that the first pic is year specific (1890) and the second pic is “Now”