Some very hot rocks.

[BrentD]

I had to google the first time @Ben Lamb ask too. I do remember Land of the Lost, but it was not high on the to watch list.

@Ben Lamb and @AvidIndoorsman are my touchstones on all the pop culture that has swirled past me over the decades. My god, I'm oblivious to a lot of stuff.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

@Ben Lamb and @AvidIndoorsman are my touchstones on all the pop culture that has swirled past me over the decades. My god, I'm oblivious to a lot of stuff.

Gonna have to use lamb on that phone a friend a good 30 years before my time

 

[Ben Lamb]

Gonna have to use lamb on that phone a friend a good 30 years before my time

Kids today. No regard for history.

Sad.

 

[Nicoli7153]

@Ben Lamb and @AvidIndoorsman are my touchstones on all the pop culture that has swirled past me over the decades. My god, I'm oblivious to a lot of stuff.

That's not all bad! Feel the same way at times.

 

[BrentD]

Gonna have to use lamb on that phone a friend a good 30 years before my time

I very carefully chose both of you to compliment each other and cover the last third and first quarter+ of the last two centuries. I am looking for that broad spectrum strategy.

 

[Hem]

Think I'll hold out for an encounter with the " little people".

 

[Dave N]

Think I'll hold out for an encounter with the " little people".

 

[Hem]

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Haha...not exactly what I had in mind.

 

[antlerradar]

Was back up at the burning coal seam yesterday. It is still burning strong. Just for kicks, I tossed a few fist sized rocks into the glowing crack. Maybe not the best move. In less than the minute the moisture in the rocks was boiling and this caused mini explosions. Sounded like the little fire crackers you throw on the side walk and they explode. Flakes of hot rock were flying out of the crack in all directions, some of them sounded like a ricochet. Make me wonder if this is how some wildfires are started by burning coal seams. Rock falls into the hot spot, rock gets super heated, causing it to explode resulting in super heated rock landing in dry grass. Instant wildfire.

 

[Song Dog 2224]

Great place to warm up and have lunch during a cold, snowy hunt. Stepping into a burned out old one is pretty spooky though.

 

[BrentD]

Was back up at the burning coal seam yesterday. It is still burning strong. Just for kicks, I tossed a few fist sized rocks into the glowing crack. Maybe not the best move. In less than the minute the moisture in the rocks was boiling and this caused mini explosions. Sounded like the little fire crackers you throw on the side walk and they explode. Flakes of hot rock were flying out of the crack in all directions, some of them sounded like a ricochet. Make me wonder if this is how some wildfires are started by burning coal seams. Rock falls into the hot spot, rock gets super heated, causing it to explode resulting in super heated rock landing in dry grass. Instant wildfire.View attachment 422002View attachment 422003

That is just crazy shit.

 

[antlerradar]

Great place to warm up and have lunch during a cold, snowy hunt. Stepping into a burned out old one is pretty spooky though.

The fumes coming out of the burning coal can't be good for you. Notice the sulfur that has condensed on the grass in the top picture.

 

[antlerradar]

That is just crazy shit.

Would make for a great field trip for some collage geology class.

 

[Hem]

Would make for a great field trip for some collage geology class.

Great field trip for old farts too.
Pretty darn cool @antlerradar

 

[Caseknife]

Would be pretty cool to see one.

 

[BrentD]

Great field trip for old farts too.
Pretty darn cool @antlerradar

That is what I was thinking. I don't plan to take a few geology class anytime soon.

 

[bigsky2]

Looks like a good spot to take a break from your hike and cook a hot dog!

 

[Song Dog 2224]

Would make for a great field trip for some collage geology class.

My uncles used to drop pistol cartridges into them. They said they found a big mule deer once that had fallen in and got caught by its antlers, the lower half had cooked off if I remember the story correctly.