Interesting things about earth May 21, 2019
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Started by metmike - May 21, 2019, 1:40 a.m.

What's strange today is the similarity between interesting facts about the earth and interesting

facts about evolution!

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/30667/

                                                                                             This is the largest stalagmite                                                                    

                                                               

This is the largest stalagmite

                                                                    

Spelunkers ahoy! The largest confirmed stalagmite in the world can be found in Cuba in the Cuevo San Martin Infierno. This behemoth rises 220 feet (67.2 meters) tall. (Shown here, a photo of a stalagmite in a northwest Yucatan peninsula cave.)

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By metmike - May 21, 2019, 1:44 a.m.
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Stalactites hang from the ceiling of a cave while stalagmites grow from the cave floor.


https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/stalactite.html

A diver makes his way through Deep Blue Cave, Walsingham System, Bermuda.

By metmike - May 21, 2019, 1:45 a.m.
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Stalactite and stalagmite

mineral formation


https://www.britannica.com/science/stalactite

By carlberky - May 21, 2019, 1:21 p.m.
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Peninsula definition: A peninsula is a long narrow piece of land which sticks out from a larger piece of land...

By metmike - May 21, 2019, 2:52 p.m.
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Peninsula definition: A peninsula is a long narrow piece of land which sticks out from a larger piece of land...


This made me wonder if the word peninsula and the word penis had similar origins .............but they don't. 

https://www.etymonline.com/word/penis


https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=peninsula