Rocks exposed to the atmosphere go through this process, something you might do to "the storm"
[DOC] [TLE] Geologic Time, Geologic Processes Past and Present ... [PAR] Oh, come forth into the storm and rout ... A lot of things that happen during 
geologic processes, such as the cooling and ... days, and years, but once we go 
beyond the realm of our own time experience, our perception tends to get fairly 
vague.