Landslide
I was comfortable at the University of Tehran studying geology. I had meandered into this discipline randomly. My family enjoyed hiking in the nearby Alborz Mountains. My father had always been excited by unusual rock formations and pointed out the many layers of earth which had been compressed into colorful strips of rock on the face of the slopes. He encouraged me to start a rock collection. Although I was a lukewarm outdoorsman, I was attracted to the science by the sheer order of it. Every type of rock could be named and categorized. Natural forces slowly changed the stones. Just by...
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