Dinosaur turd

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These dinosaur poo photographs are funny.
And Freda Moxom is so cute 😊

Photographer: Tania Kayrala, 2017 October

Location: A cave in Rock Island,
Wollemi National Park,
NSW, Australia

I am joking, it is not dinosaur shit. It is a stalagmite.

Now, in a limestone cave,
stalactites and stalagmites are composed of
deposition of calcium carbonate and other minerals.

But here, it is formed by mud
dripping down from the ceiling.

A photograph of the ceiling of the same cave is:

Photographer: Paul Ma, 2017 September

Same location as the pics by Tania Kayrala

When a stalagmite reaches the ceiling,
it becomes a mud column ... as in the 2 pics below:
(But I'm no where as cute as Freda.)

Photographer: David Hou, 2017 October

Location: near Goochs Crater,
Blue Mountains National Park,
NSW, Australia

By the way Goochs Crater is a wonderful place.
Photographs and trip report to there are in my blog:
https://mntviews.blogspot.com/2017/10/goochs-crater-friday-canyon-dargan-arch.html

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