#stacking rocks

[rivercaptures]

Brasstown Bald, Hiawassee GA, 2025

© 2025 River Captures

[findingmyhappyself]

messages on rocks

[sspacegodd]

After thousands of years struggling to survive, we have finally evolved into a sentient species that likes to stack stuff.

[sixbucks]

Stacked rocks make me unreasonably angry.

Now I know why.

I’ve seen a few ~aesthetic~ photos of rock stacks in rivers recently and this is just a reminder that you are destroying habitat when you move rocks around in rivers and streams.

In addition to dragonfly nymphs, rocky river beds are home to lots of other larval invertebrates like damselflies, mayflies, water beetles, caddisflies, stoneflies, and a bunch of dipterans. Not to mention lots of fish and amphibians!

Plus large scale rock stacking can change the flow of a stream and lead to increased erosion.

Anyway dragonfly for admiration:

Calico pennant by nbdragonflyguy

[i-was-wondering-why]

rock stacking is a problem

seems like stacking rocks shouldnt be that much of a deal - let's see what the internet has to say:

Moving rocks can disturb the natural habitat of animals

Moss growth is inhibited

Rocks on the shore protect the coastline from erosion

Stacks can collaps and hurt children :shrug:

Some cairns (stacked rocks) are used as pointers, if you add another somewhere else it might be confusing

Toppled cairns can bring upon a cascade of rocks and hurt people

(less important imho) they look bad :shrug:

Sources: South African National Parks, Lonely Planet

[quotesandzensome]

back to Monday's grind!

[inkskinned]

every fucking conversation on the internet looks like

subject matter expert: hey :) i'm here to help, i love you and this subject matter. i studied really hard and have literal years of training and experience with this. please make this 1 very small change to your life that is virtually no effort whatsoever and will help the environment and everyone around you.

random guy: i don't like that because my life will have to change. what if the change is impossible for me specifically. you cannot ask me either to stop or start an action - i will do whatever i want forever and i am offended you even asked about that because it would be a change in my life. plus what if it sounds like no effort but it's huge effort. what if i made that change and then i died because of it.

subject matter expert: again, it's not really a lot of effort, but of course we understand there might be a lot of reasons (medical, financial, etc) that you can't make this change, so we have experts who have created programs/infographics/alternatives so you can make this change smoothly. but of course maybe if it would actually kill you - we have compiled a very big list on other ways you can help out! :) we are just trying to make the world a better place for you and those around you :)

random guy: this is propaganda because of Big Subject Matter. this is going to destroy me and my life forever. where is your proof. i saw you attached studies but i don't want to read them. i really liked doing this thing to harm the environment and those around me and now they are saying that i cannot do that and i am just wondering how do we know you are an expert? my mormon lobster who uses flags to communicate has a different opinion than you and i trust Mormon Lobster . he Knows things :)

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Dun Briste sea stack in IRELAND

[sig-num]

got so mad over how i cant play fantasy life yet that i drew the love of my life

[389]

by Sergiy Barchuk

[spicyboelives]

Shout out to the costume department this guys been wearing the same outfit for 200 years but its hidden under grime and a tattered leather- I WILL READ INTO THAT SOOO MUCH thank u.

[richwall101]

Geology Through Time...

Downpatrick Head - Ballycastle -County Mayo - Ireland - exposes 350 Million years of geological formation - North Atlantic Ocean

[ktadge]

Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan with my Mamiya C330 on Kodak Portra 160

@kevintadge

[effemimaniac]

#MyRocks

[nattikay]

Vurur alu Ingyentsim Ayramä hasey sìmi! Just finished the Secrets of the Spires story!

[gummi-stims]

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