// Glossary
Deep Time
6 topics
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The Richness of Imagining Stones Made in Deserts or Seabeds
Geological timescale in units of millions or hundreds of millions of years. Earth's time axis incomparable to human lifetime.
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Can You Imagine That the Stone Was Underground?
The hundreds-of-millions-of-years time scale that constitutes Earth's history. Orders of magnitude longer than human history. Stones are witnesses to this time.
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The Sensation of Holding Something Made Over Hundreds of Millions of Years
The concept of time on the scale of hundreds of millions of years of Earth's history. A scale that makes one realize human history is but an instant.
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What Draws Us to Myths and Legends About Stones?
Geological time scale far exceeding human lifespan. The sense of time felt through stones.
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On Imagining the Earth's Movements from Stones
Vast time of Earth and universe beyond human timescale. Can be felt through stones.
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What Kind of Time Is Spent Gazing at Stones
Geological and cosmic time scales that transcend human time perception. The felt sense of 'hundreds of millions of years' when gazing at stones.