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[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

A layered stack of about 8 towels is a great way to visualise a convergent-boundary of two tectonic plates.

Pushing at either end of the towel stack gives a basic simulation of the orogeny that produces mountain ranges, and shows the strata-deformation that occurs.