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worotan t1_ithy54n wrote

Reply to comment by XonikzD in Formation of Namibia’s fairy circles isn’t due to termites. Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. by marketrent

But for how long would a buried forest continue to retain enough cohesion in its matter to create an analogous pattern above?

And how would a forest be buried intact with no destruction or disruption of its matter, so that it could create a pattern that looks like upright tree trunks?

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XonikzD t1_itiy3ly wrote

Lots of good questions. If the entire area was covered with blown in sand dunes, maybe that? Maybe they're petrified. I don't know. It looks like a forest to me, and we won't know for sure until someone digs deeper than bugs might.

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worotan t1_itkl8ed wrote

Petrified trees would be stone, not organic matter capable of storing moisture.

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XonikzD t1_itknzm2 wrote

No kidding. It wouldn't matter for temperature differentials to trap moisture. Stones do it in sand too. People here have no interest in how desert plants seek moisture, all they care about is this notion that individual plants can communicate patterns, bs.

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