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TOMSCOTT.name · Aug 13, 2026

The shape of time

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Damaraland, Namibia. The characteristic flat-topped mountains are remnants of lava flows erupted around 132 million years ago. Image by Tom Scott, Creative Commons Attribution License. The mountains of Damaraland stand in lines across the plain, flat-topped, stepped and terraced down their flanks. They are like giant elephant teeth. The soft material went first. What stands is what was left. There…

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