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Death Valley, California, USA
Death Valley National Park is one of many units within the National Park service established because of its underlying geologic theme. Death Valley NP is renowned world-wide for its exposed, complex, unique tectonics and diverse geologic resources. Contained within its boundaries is a diverse rock record stretching throughout most of geologic time. From 1.8 billion-year-old metamorphic rocks exposed in the Black mountains, to recent playa sediments deposited in the valley basins, Death Valley possesses a superb geologic record. Paramount to understanding Death Valley’s geology is realizing that it is an ongoing dynamic process. Wind, water, and plate tectonics are still hard at work shaping the park on a day-to-day basis.
Death Valley is currently building a rock collection of the park’s stratigraphy. The following list of geologic formations and corresponding ages represents what has been collected in the park and are available for viewing at our curatorial facility. 41 formations are listed with a number correlating them to the original reference used to describe and locate them. Based on research, 61 formations are known to exist in the park. Those missing 20 formations have not yet been added to our Stratigraphy Collection. It should be noted that 3 formations have been given unofficial names: Warm Spring Granite, Skidoo Granite, and Strozzi’s Ranch Rhyolite.
Mikrovalto, Kamvounia mountains, potamia stream, Kozani, Macedonia, Greece.
The whole area consists of sandstone rocks, which over the centuries have formed special geological formations.
There are so many facets to White Pocket. This is another composition from a recent trip. I tried to use the lines in the rocks to pull you into the image.
Dry Falls-Grant County-Washington State
Dry Falls is a geological wonder of North America. Carved by Ice Age floods more than 13,000 years ago, the former waterfall was once four times the size of Niagara Falls.
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Geological. Sunlight rising on a montage of local geology. HMMM!
Rainbow Basin Natural Area, near Barstow, California.
I overcooked the colors a bit to bring out the texture. Quite a nice place to spend a day exploring the area.
This pipe plug is a part of the underground plumbing system of a long extinct Volcano, revealed by erosion, more pipes from the same system are visible in the back. Interestingly, the lava raising up is not mixed thoroughly and composed two distinct types, one dark, the other light. These pipes feed a large volcano, most likely a cone like stratovolcano. The red sandstone of the Comb Ridge monocline stretches across the background.
Had a great day traveling across I-70, especially that part through my home state of Utah. Definitely got a little exercise as I made several stops and hiked to areas I wanted to photograph from. Took over 150 pictures to day. I'll post a few more some other time. Still sorting and deciding which I like best.
These are late Cretaceous greywacke sandstones of the Cambria slab. They are interpreted as submarine landslides into a large marine canyon, something like the present-day Monterey Canyon. Ordinarily they look like massive, grey, featureless sandstone. But in flat light & when they are wet, sometimes you get enigmatic hints like this. . .
Field of view is about 2 ft (60 cm) across, by memory.
The Cottonwood Canyon Road is a rough 47 mile road which travels past many interesting geologic features such as these rounded uplifted sections of rock.
Happy Slider Sunday!
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The Trotternish Landslip seen from The Quiraing on the Isle of Skye, with a couple of walkers on the ridge for scale. In geological terms the Trotternish landslip on Skye is recent, occurring around 11,000 to 15,000 years ago and part of it is still moving to this day! Enjoy!
An dark capture on the edge of the loch near Ardtur with the layers of three mountain ridges in the horizon and some wonderful trees on the shoreline. Fences run all across the bay towards the sandy parts of the Loch Linnhe shore.
This photo is my first attempt at mixing RL and SL media. The photo was taken on a geological survey of the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in southern California during a unusual blizzard about 6-7 years ago. I thought I would be cool to meld two things I love together.
Mood:
This is a section of rock rising up on the shore of Lake George in Killarney Provincial Park. The colors, textures and shapes combined with the reflection in the water simply mesmerized me. It is a tapestry of history layered and exposed over time by the elements of nature.
These are the top 500 feet (152 m) of Sedona, Arizona's Pointed Dome, elevation 5499 ft (1676 m), and its companion spire Queen Victoria, elev. 5402 ft (1647 m)—features near the bottom of a descending ridge that separates Bear Wallow Canyon (and Schnebly Hill Road) on its south from Casner Canyon on its north. The helicopter from which I took this photo at 3:36 PM on January 24, 2023 was above Bear Wallow Canyon, north of Schnebly Hill Road—0.43 mi (0.69 km) south of Pointed Dome.
One of the wonders of this Earth. Totally worth the 14 mile rugged 4x4 trail and the rain, sleet and hail we endured while hiking down.
Creede Colorado USA
Toadstool Geologic Park is located in the Oglala National Grassland in far northwestern Nebraska. It is operated by the United States Forest Service. It contains a badlands landscape and a reconstructed sod house. The park is named after its unusual rock formations, many of which resemble toadstools.
A land of hoodoos, spires, petrified wood and unique shaped geological features. A place to wander among the stark beauty and find the unusual.
A tour of Cathedral Valley in the Capitol Reef National Park gives so many interesting views, like this geological "stack", as seen on April 27, 2023.
The greenhouse at the spanische Terrassen in the Planten un Blomen botanic gardens in Hamurg, Germany.
Hikers and nature lovers stepping into a surreal painting of fascinating geological formations. Shot with a Canon EOS 700D from one of South Sinai's canyons.