Ceramic Hills

[AlanLichty]

One of the more unusual features at the Bisti is a fairly prominent seam of coal that is present. Not a concern for mining interests since it mostly burned up in an ancient underground fire. The part that gets interesting are the clay strata that were on top of the coal seam since the heat from the burning coal effectively fired the clay into ceramics. All of the bright orange looking deposits scattered around the Bisti are the consistency you might expect if you ran acres of fired clay pots through a gravel crusher and ended up creating ceramic gravel.

Ceramic Hill

• AlanLichty
• Apr 3, 2018

An ancient underground coal fire turns a clay deposits into ceramics at the Bisti.

It crunches underfoot as if you were walking on potshards.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Nice images and a great description of what has happened here, Alan.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Great story and great images Alan.

 

[MonikaC]

Nice to have some background on the Bisti.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice set Alan and the narrative that goes with it. The first one is my favorite.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Alan, I sure like that first one, and the narrative was very interesting to read!