Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Week 2: Igneous Rocks

I recently decided to take a road trip by myself to visit Shiprock peak located in New Mexico. The rock/ mountain is a unique formation and it is detectable from miles away standing at 7,177 feet high. It is known as 'rock with wings' and is made from minette/ lamprophyre. If you look at it from a certain angle and use your imagination you can see the resemblance to a bird that's sitting with its wings folded. There really isn’t anything surrounding the rock but that only makes the view of Shiprock even more breathtaking. 

A quick science lesson for those who are interested. Pressure built up and gas-charged magma river was able to weasel itself through an opening in the landscape. An eruption occurred resulting in the magma being pushed and forming an odd and unusual shape. Now once it came time for everything to cool down the process was pretty slow which allowed a good amount of gas to escape causing the rock to harden into its unusual shape.




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