4/4: Soda straws

Undertoad · 04-04-2002, 12:55 PM

You've heard of stalagmites, you've heard of stalactites. This is a relative: the soda straw. you've got a stalactite forming, right? If it happens at the right rate, crystallization can happen just along the edges of the water droplets. Then these things get produced.

(From the earth science pic of the day.)

I'm shooting for a second O-fer today as, like my image yesterday, there just isn't much to be said about this.

snagglefish · 04-04-2002, 03:08 PM

...but i just thought i would add one of those gradeschool how to remember tips:

stalaCtites grow from the Ceiling
stalaGmites grow from the Ground

datalas · 04-04-2002, 03:18 PM

the usual one is that ...

Stalagmites Stand Mightily where as....
Stalactites grip Tightly to the Roof....

failing that remember it is bloody difficult to trip up and impale yourself on a stalactite...

Datalas

04-04-2002, 03:34 PM

the one i was always told was

stalactites hang <b>tight</b> whereas
stalagmites <b>might</b> reach the ceiling one day.

warch · 04-04-2002, 03:42 PM

I just like to say, "spelunker!"

Undertoad · 04-04-2002, 04:04 PM

Now, now, we shouldn't call them that, they have feelings too.

mlandman · 04-04-2002, 05:53 PM

Wow, I can't believe anybody hasn't used this one yet, which I find to be MUCH easier to remember:

The mites go up, and then the tights come down.

_LMark · 04-04-2002, 09:18 PM

The mites go up, the tights go down.

Griff · 04-05-2002, 07:29 AM

Spelunker? No, I haven't even got her alone in a cave yet!

elSicomoro · 04-05-2002, 07:28 PM

Out of curiosity Tony, do you remember where that came from? It looks like something out of Meramec Caverns, near St. Louis.

froody · 04-05-2002, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
Out of curiosity Tony, do you remember where that came from? It looks like something out of Meramec Caverns, near St. Louis.

I saw a lot of soda straws at Carlsbad Caverns, NM. (Along with other cool stuff, like 30ft stalagmites.)

Nic Name · 04-05-2002, 07:55 PM

Scott Hollow Cave in West Virginia

Undertoad · 04-05-2002, 10:16 PM

You are correct sir. Scott Hollow Cave.

04-04-2002, 12:55 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/4: Soda straws You've heard of stalagmites, you've heard of stalactites. This is a relative: the soda straw. you've got a stalactite forming, right? If it happens at the right rate, crystallization can happen just along the edges of the water droplets. Then these things get produced. (From the earth science pic of the day.) I'm shooting for a second O-fer today as, like my image yesterday, there just isn't much to be said about this.

04-04-2002, 03:08 PM	#2
snagglefish Cantankerous Incantonator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: vancouver, canada Posts: 54	sorry to ruin your record.... ...but i just thought i would add one of those gradeschool how to remember tips: stalaCtites grow from the Ceiling stalaGmites grow from the Ground

04-04-2002, 09:18 PM	#8
_LMark Kinda New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1	The way I heard it The mites go up, the tights go down.

04-05-2002, 07:28 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Re: 4/4: Soda straws Out of curiosity Tony, do you remember where that came from? It looks like something out of Meramec Caverns, near St. Louis.

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04-04-2002, 03:18 PM	#3
datalas Generic Monkey Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scotland UK Posts: 49	the usual one is that ... Stalagmites Stand Mightily where as.... Stalactites grip Tightly to the Roof.... failing that remember it is bloody difficult to trip up and impale yourself on a stalactite... Datalas

04-04-2002, 03:34 PM	#4
dave Guest Posts: n/a	the one i was always told was stalactites hang <b>tight</b> whereas stalagmites <b>might</b> reach the ceiling one day.

04-04-2002, 03:42 PM	#5
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	I just like to say, "spelunker!"

04-04-2002, 04:04 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Now, now, we shouldn't call them that, they have feelings too.

04-04-2002, 05:53 PM	#7
mlandman Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 87	Wow, I can't believe anybody hasn't used this one yet, which I find to be MUCH easier to remember: The mites go up, and then the tights come down.

04-05-2002, 07:29 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Spelunker? No, I haven't even got her alone in a cave yet!

04-05-2002, 07:55 PM	#12
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Scott Hollow Cave in West Virginia

04-05-2002, 10:16 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You are correct sir. Scott Hollow Cave.

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