Ħaliįu̇tha Phenomenon

The Ħaliįu̇tha phenomenon, named after the U̇vįo geologist and priest Ħaliįu̇tha Aeśroı, is a geological cycle of U̇įandôrııl that causes mountains, formations, and other large areas to rise and fall hundreds of feet due to large freezing aquifers under the surface.

Ħaliįu̇tha Aeśroı was a priest of the Netilıbharôlu̇ӿâɸoigh, and was captivated by geology from a young age. He connected the phenomenon to that cycle, but indicated that a more scientific explanation was in no way contradictory of the U̇vįo religion. After Ħaliįu̇tha's death in 496 EE, Ɣȁk̨va of the Ẋov̆ suggested that it was caused by moving water, in his 528 EE book Time Seen by Stone. Scholars of U̇vįo religion, science, and history have suggested that Ɣȁk̨va may have had this belief long before, in around 490, and that Ɣȁk̨va also knew Ħaliįu̇tha personally. The matter is still disputed as of the 600s.

In Culture

Recordings

One important recording of the Ħaliįu̇tha phenomenon was at Nisi's Rock, in 450-451 EE. Aarnor geologist Iiruudeaniiv traveled to the rock on D/6/5, 450. She then inserted seven pitons into the rock, each spaced Vertically 2V̅ from the next. The piton p1 was 1V̅ above the ground level of the upper cave, p2 just below the small overhanging ledge, p3 and p4 on the sloping rock face, p5 on the edge of the steeper cliff, and p7 about 2.6V̅ off the ground.

The pitons were tied with ropes to a central point 3V̅ away from the base of the rock, with ratchets that held them taut but allowed them to be moved by the phenomenon. The data collected can be seen below.

Note: the vertical and horizontal valued were calculated by Iiruudeaniiv after the experiment with trigonometrical methods and values, likely from the Tome of All Equations, based an error in the computed distance of p3 from Z/1/5 450, which stated the vertical distance as X and the horizontal distance as X. These values have been corrected in the table.

Nisi's Rock observations, 450-451 EE

Observation	p1				p2				p3				p4				p5				p6				p7
	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.	Angle	Dist.	Vert.	Horiz.
D/6/5 450	-58.5°	17.90V̅	15.26V̅	9.35V̅	-57.0°	15.88V̅	13.31V̅	8.64V̅	-54.5°	13.84V̅	11.26V̅	8.03V̅	-52.8°	11.66V̅	9.28V̅	7.04V̅	-51.8°	9.28V̅	7.29V̅	5.73V̅	-46.1°	7.72V̅	5.56V̅	5.35V̅	-36.7°	5.98V̅	3.57V̅	4.79V̅
Q/1/5 450
Q/3/5 450
Q/5/5 450
Z/1/5 450
Z/1/6 450	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
I/1/5 451
I/3/5 451
I/5/5 451
I/7/5 451
M/2/5 451
Total Change

No, you are not going insane or blind. This table had its font size turned down so it would fit on the page.

There were a few interruptions with this series of measurements. On Z/1/5 450, Iiruudeaniiv could not record the angle and length of the p7 rope, due to low light and late arrival. She took the measurement the next day. Iiruudeaniiv's rope leading to p1 broke sometime between I/3/5 and I/5/5 451, due to a broken wheel in the ratchet causing too much tension in the line, which was quickly fixed. She had also scheduled to take one last measurement on M/4/5 451, but she found that her measurements on M/2/5 were conclusive.

An account of the recording was published in her essay Conclusions on the Ħaliįu̇tha phenomenon, which was written in Aarnor Iirisis in late 451 and later translated to U̇vįolıhu in 453. Ħaliįu̇tha Aeśroı remarked that the essay was "a piece of wonderful evidence only derived from rigorous data". Ɣȁk̨va of the Ẋov̆ included a version of the data in Time Seen by Stone.

Locations

• Dhehenevârı
• The Khaenu Range
• Nisi's Rock (largest recorded instance of the phenomenon, see Recordings)