The hill (3/10)

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1. They look like where someone wanted to plant grape vines, citrus trees, or avocados. I see a lot of orchards and vineyards planted on lines that look like that on the hills around here and near Ventura.

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   • I thought so as well, if it was, it must of been loooong ago. The hill is all grass now.

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     • I suppose our hills will look like that again if the vintners ever leave.

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2. These are terraces for planting trees. In this way, rock masses are avoided.

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   • I was wondering if it was that. But no stumps or anything left behind.

3. This looks like striations. We have them on some of the hills here, though the ones here were caused by glaciers. Different kinds of erosion can make them. Of course man can too, but those don’t look manmade.

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   • I was wondering if it was a natural erosion, or someones farm long ago. The whole area used to be Avocado trees a long time ago.

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     • The reason I suspect that it isn’t manmade terracing is that the striations are generally going down-slope. I’d think that if they were manmade, they’d be level. Of course, earthquakes could cause one side of the hill to be higher than the other, but I don’t know how far this is from the nearest fault.

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       • Ah okay, then I think you are correct. This is in the Fallbrook area, and the fault is the Elsinore fault zone off the San Andreas Fault.

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4. You can see forever. SO cool.

   • Thats why I love California. You can see forever, the views are amazing.