{"id":3545,"date":"2019-09-19T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=3545"},"modified":"2019-09-19T18:27:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:27:23","slug":"two-remarkable-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=3545","title":{"rendered":"two remarkable rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A birthday walk along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Beauchamp+Point+Rd,+Rockport,+ME+04856\/@44.1777868,-69.0665528,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4cadd6d34957ce3d:0x18a369d9e83bfb21!8m2!3d44.1777868!4d-69.0643641\">Beauchamp Point Road<\/a> (a gravel throughway on the east side of Rockport&#8217;s harbor) disclosed some marvelous rocks. This one immediately found the title &#8216;Krishna hugs a blue whale&#8217; though so far as I know there&#8217;s nothing in the Mahabharata to suggest that Krishna, who did lots of pretty amazing things, ever did anything with cetaceans:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/48756729773\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"Rockport16ix193581adj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48756729773_709b22d183_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" alt=\"Rockport16ix193581adj\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nA bit further down Beauchamp Point Road I came upon this fantastical eroded rock:<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/48752163073\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"Rockport16ix1922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48752163073_91768b1398_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Rockport16ix1922\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nOf course I immediately see a face, but a closeup of the rock is even more jaw-dropping (and click on the image once it comes up in Flickr to zoom in further):<\/p>\n<p>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/48757164257\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"Rockport16ix193585adj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48757164257_5e5432b351_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"537\" alt=\"Rockport16ix193585adj\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll surely be visiting this one again in different seasons and different lights.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile we&#8217;re at it, consider this, from the same general area but mirrored:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/48761371483\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"Rockport05x2adj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48761371483_c3f0c5e923_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"198\" alt=\"Rockport05x2adj\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nThere&#8217;s more on the Beauchamp Point Road rocks via <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmaine.com\/mgs_publications\/442\/\">Maine Geological Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A birthday walk along Beauchamp Point Road (a gravel throughway on the east side of Rockport&#8217;s harbor) disclosed some marvelous rocks. 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