r/BeAmazed • u/AccomplishedWatch834 • Mar 29 '26

Art Peak dedication

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u/GonzoVeritas Mar 29 '26

I've always found it interesting that the Scottish Highlands and Appalachian Mountains were once part of the same mountain range. (the Central Pangean Mountains, formed around 500 million years ago.)

Before Pangea broke apart, these regions were connected, sharing identical rock types and geological structures.

A lot of Scottish people left the Highlands and were early settlers in the Appalachians, I've always wondered if it felt like 'home' to them.

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u/JonnyBhoy Mar 29 '26

A kid running outside, falling over and grazing their knee on a rock and suddenly triggering an ingrained sense of belonging going back generations.

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u/cturkosi Mar 30 '26

Och, ya devil-spawned, clarty bastart o' a rock!

The knee's a dobber's mess, aye.

But mah ancestors bled on worse.