My wife and I took the plane for a quick trip along the coast from San Diego to LA and back. When flying from Montgomery Airport to the coastline to make our way up the coast in the smooth air we passed over the La Jolla Tide Pools. I took this opportunity to explain how La Jolla tide pools are a great example of Igneous Rocks. This is a long strip of volcanic (Igneous) rock that pushed their way up through the surrounding sedimentary rock along the coastline to form these tide pools. This makes a great place for marine life to live due to all of the little crevices that formed during the cooling process of the volcanic material. My wife laughed. I know she loves fun facts.
William, nice post! I'm sure being in the air is a cool way to see all the rocks. Igneous rocks on the coastline is interesting as well because I'm sure the water influenced the cooling of the rock.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yea! I remember learning about the cooling process and the development of crystals in the rocks. The longer the cooling process the more crystals that formed. If they formed while touching the water they would have cooled very quickly and would have not been able to form many crystals.
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