Thursday, August 14, 2014

Chuckanut Drive and honeycomb-weathered rock

First, a report about a delightful kayak trip around Chuckanut Bay, south of Bellingham.

Seattle Times

They came upon most unusual rocks - that had weathered like honeycomb. The rock was marked by golf ball-sized cavities. They are called trafone (singular) or trafoni. Chuckanut has trafoni large enough to crawl inside.

Learn more about trafoni in the same area at NW Geology

Also look at the beautiful photo gallery of tafoni around the world at Tafoni.com.

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