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Posted: 17 Feb 2014

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Queenstown

Queenstown
Queenstown, on Tasmania's west coast, still operates as a mining town for the nearby Mt Lyell mine. It dates from about the same time as Zeehan (earlier shot), as can be seen from the ornate post office up on the right of the street. Behind are some of the hillsides desolated by fumes from the mining operations over more than a century.

slgwv, Christina Sonnenschein, , Simone Maurel and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Many thanks for all your comments and faves my friends, they really are appreciated, even if I don't get to reply individually.
11 years ago.
 slgwv
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Sir Charles Lyell's "Principles of Geology" first appeared in 1830 and, along with James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth" (1799), pretty much founded the modern science of geology. We still tell students about him in intro classes! I know the mountain in Yosemite is named for him--there are some surrounding peaks named after other pioneering geologists and naturalists--and it seemed probable that your Mt. Lyell also was.

Denudation of the topsoil would certainly inhibit revegetation. At least the high rainfall should also lead to high weathering rates, so--geologically speaking!--it won't take as long as you might think. That could still be a while on human timescales, however!
11 years ago.
 tiabunna
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Thank you for the info on Lyell - and advice on the likely timescale for weathering to create new soil. :)
11 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Great to see, long overdue a visit to Tassie. The scarred landscape around Queenstown is amazing.
11 years ago.
 tiabunna
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Thank you, Gillian, I'm sure the Tassie tourist industry would welcome you. :) I find myself looking at the scenery near Queenstown with a mixture of horror and photographic interest...
11 years ago.

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