Stone sky

August 24, 2017 5:10 AM

Photographer David Quentin captures rocks floating above the British landscape
posted by fearfulsymmetry (10 comments total)

Douglas Adams quote already properly accounted for.
posted by yhbc at 6:01 AM on August 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

...but when James Cameron does it, everyone's like "oh, it's just Ferngully in space lol."
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:19 AM on August 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

Those are really striking images; thanks for posting them!
posted by languagehat at 6:24 AM on August 24, 2017

Reminds me of the obelisks in The Fifth Season. Neat convergence.
posted by monocultured at 6:39 AM on August 24, 2017 [2 favorites]

Trés Magritte.
posted by MrVisible at 7:10 AM on August 24, 2017

monocultured, that was just what I was going to say! Which reminds me, I need to grab a copy of The Stone Sky...
posted by suelac at 7:10 AM on August 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

Yes, I thought that was what this was going to be about!

Cool photos, though.
posted by quaking fajita at 7:13 AM on August 24, 2017 [1 favorite]

It's funny how the pictures trick the eye into placing the rocks into the picture. For instance, my brain insists that the rock in this picture is hovering above the patch of wood in the distance, making it enormous. I think the reason is that because the dark green looks like a bit of darkness below the rock, and my brain interprets it as the rock's shadow.
posted by Kattullus at 8:24 AM on August 24, 2017

I am curious about the rock in the picture Kattullus links. Many lobes. How?
posted by clew at 12:15 PM on August 24, 2017

I am curious about the rock in the picture Kattullus links. Many lobes. How?

A nodule, possibly flint.

Or Zardoz.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:39 PM on August 24, 2017 [2 favorites]