Posts tagged rock.

kateoplis:

Moon Rock Hunter

#moon  #rock  #astronomy  

crookedindifference:

Sliding Rocks

inothernews:

CLIFFS OF NOTE   A multi-coloured granite formation near Hyden, Western Australia, known as Wave Rock, towers 47 feet high and 350 feet long.  (Photo: Ilya Genkin / Solent News via the Telegraph)

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msugeology:

Sedimentary layers with bands of hematite, magnetite (gray/black), and jasper (red) in Precambrian banded iron formations (BIFs) of northern Michigan. 

(via geologyrocks)

(via thingssheloves)

ohscience:

Sand from Kalalau Beach, Hawaii (Field width = 5.5 mm). We see a few grains ofolivine, which is the green sand of some beaches of Hawaii.

(via thingssheloves)

#cave  #rock  #geology  

ckck:

Namibia

#namibia  #desert  #africa  #sand  #rock  

ohscience:

This image taken in BSED shows fracture patters in basaltic (volcanic rock) glass, that is mostly amorphous material composed of Ca, Al, Mg, Fe – silicates. 

fuckyeahprettyplaces:

Pulpit Rock, Norway.