B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for July 18, 2023

It inspired classical architecture. It was iconic . Or, actually, Ionic.

Finding Doric.

How ironic

Where a stalactite from the ceiling of a cave has joined with a stalagmite from the floor of the cave, it actually forms what is called a column.

It might be musical, what with that fluted column.

Fortunate because the column is white instead of the darker brown color of the stalactites and stalagmites forming next to it?Isn’t that the beginning of racism in B.C.

It does give the place statue….

Actually a “pillar”, “column” or “stalagnate”.

The first of the ‘pillars that support the world’

That is a “stretch”.

That actually is likely not JUST the stalactite. I learned in touring the Lost River Caverns that columns are formed when a stalactite (peak from above) meets a stalagmite (peak from the floor). Of course, they aren’t so ornate as this lovely piece of work!

Inspiration for when the Greeks come along.

Very nice.

columns, columns, get your columns…..sir don’t touch the merchandise!!! columns!!

Became a pillar of civilization.

I’ve never seen one touch the top and bottom either! Great form!

Fortunate? It’s like being movie star gorgeous in Sioux Falls South Dakota.

That’s an old column. Newer ones are squared off blocks with no distinctive features, laden with graffiti

When it comes to cave formations, he can column as he sees ’em.

And so we have the inspiration for the invention of the stent.

Now, that’s some cave crystal.

Fortunate for whom?

Is it a load bearing column?

It’s all greek to me.