The Flower

Imagine a lava crust, new and very thin. The fluid lava flowing beneath pulls on the underside of this crust producing massive fracturing. At each fracture the lava grabs the edge and pulls it down. The other side lifts and slides up on the piece in front. This would produce the pattern surrounding the crater. As the lava surface cools further, it becomes a solid crust capable of withstanding the force of the lava flowing beneath.

With fluid lava beneath and a rigid crust above a small ice burg falls from the sky. Although rigid, the surface is quite hot. The ice burg flashed to vapor as it impacts the surface. Directly below the burg the heat of impact softens the lava crust. The texture of the plain is compressed but left virtually intact at the bottom of the crater. Around the crater, the crust is fractures. The sides of the plates formed by the fracturing are pushed down, lifting the outer edge making the petal of the Flower.

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Once alive, it is now dead and collapsing.

Waves?

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This and the image below are healthy living biological life forms, a very large fungus?

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