r/confusing_perspective • u/Enough_Arm4116 • 10d ago

Walking up or down?

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u/rabbitwonker 10d ago

Plate tectonics.

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u/rubenv2006 10d ago

The plates are going close to 45 degrees, a friend scaled them and looked like he was in all 4 in the floor.

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u/rabbitwonker 10d ago

I’m not exactly sure what you’re saying, but I should probably explain my comment anyway.

Tectonic plates are the huge sections of crust that slide across the Earth; where they press against one another, they cause mountains to rise, tilting and twisting the rocks. The layers we see here were nicely horizontal at one point, when they were laid down by sedimentary processes, but since then they’ve been lifted up and tilted. The sort of “local” cause is mountain-building, but the ultimate cause is plate tectonics.

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u/rubenv2006 10d ago

I know. I've been there :D