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Two explorers looking at their ship, 'Terra Nova', during an Antarctic expedition, 1911 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This could be a cover for an ebook of At the Mountains of Madness.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lovecraft? Title seems familiar but it's been a while...

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 months ago

Yup, Lovecraft, and one of his best.

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It looks like a wave frozen in time, which can't be right?

[–] bobo1900@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago

Maybe eroded by the wind

[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

A guess, but melt from a hotspot, given the stalactites.