尖峰山
I have posted a few more photos of the area, starring the local geographical landmark, Jian-Feng Shan. This mountain is about two miles north of the campus, and on most days it is clearly visible even through the fog. Its means Pointy-Peak Mountain, and that pretty accurately describes it. It rises about 1000ft in less than a mile of trail, and the top is just big enough for a couple small picnicking parties. I hiked up the trail the day after I took this picture, and it is necessary to take many rests on the way up. It has been raining or sprinkling 24hrs a day for much of the last week, so everything is fairly wet, but temperatures are pleasant.
4 comments:
Hmm, looks like it could be lime stone hill, not an earth hill. Could you check that for me?
Well, it's clearly stone rather than earth. There is very little soil or even gravel on the mountain. But I'm not terribly good at identifying the rock types. I know it's not obsidian or conglomerate. It didn't look like granite. Limestone seems like a likely option.
My guess is it's limestone, too.
whist.
Wait. Whist, you weren't the first anonymous? I had assumed it was you. (I mean who else I know would make random observations about geology?) (Okay, I'm going to guess. Was it radioboy?)
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