inlovewithgeosciences:

“A boat traces the curves of Reflection Canyon, part of Glen Canyon.”

Photograph by Michael Melford

Meander :p

bneaththeearthscrust:

Fold classification

Welcome To Mineralogy .

Columns of Basalt

Photograph by Jim Richardson

Towering in close symmetry, these basalt columns near Fingal’s Cave form the base of the Scottish island of Staffa. The columns formed when cooling lava flows met bedrock and the region’s cold weather. The island contains three main caves.

Stunning

uniformitarianism:

Near Morro Bay, California 

The rock layers which record the geologic history of Montana De Oro State Park just south of Big Sur (3 hour drive south of San Francisco and 3 hours north from LA), can be read like books in an ancient library. 

scipsy:

Stafa (by dougiebeck)

fuckyeahmineralsandfossils:

Cricocosmia jinningensis

Geological time: Early Cambrian

Locality: China

(Source: inlovewithgeosciences)

geologyrocks:

Mekong

uniformitarianism:

Great Sand Dunes, Mosco, Colorado