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Title: Ovals Along the Carolina Coast, (Florida to Delaware): From The Science Channel
Post by: Ben Framed on February 16, 2024, 09:58:24 pm

"What Created These Perfect Ovals Along the Carolina Coast? | What on Earth? | Science Channel"

Is this something new?

Reagan this is in your state. Have you heard of this?

https://youtube.com/shorts/wllSxJnrqvM?si=51IRJdpzrkCMS2jF

Title: Re: Ovals Along the Carolina Coast, (Florida to Delaware): From The Science Channel
Post by: The15thMember on February 17, 2024, 12:36:18 am

I'd never heard of them before now, so I did a little googling.  They aren't a new discovery by any means, having been first reported on by a geologist from SC in 1848.  Here's an article about them from the SCGS. 
https://www.dnr.sc.gov/geology/carolina-bays.html#:~:text=Carolina%20bays%20are%20shallow%2C%20elliptical,shape%20of%20these%20geomorphic%20features.