Vivianite on Calcite from Bolivia
Mafic dike along railroad tracks on Forest Road 6. Kaibab National Forest on Flickr
“Background: Well-known author and geologist Wayne Ranney participated in a geology tour of the Williams Ranger District of Kaibab National Forest. In fact, Ranney helped lead the earth science discovery tour by teaming with Kaibab National Forest geologist Jessica Lopez Pearce to explain geologic features at six locations across the district.
The goal of the field trip was to provide Forest Service resource specialists with a more in-depth understanding of the geology of the local area – information that might prove valuable when planning projects or doing field work.”
Susitna Glacier, Alaska by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
NASA image acquired August 27, 2009
Content below by NASA Goddard Photo and Video’s Flickr“Like rivers of liquid water, glaciers flow downhill, with tributaries joining to form larger rivers. But where water rushes, ice crawls. As a result, glaciers gather dust and dirt, and bear long-lasting evidence of past movements.”
“Alaska’s Susitna Glacier revealed some of its long, grinding journey when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead on August 27, 2009. This satellite image combines infrared, red, and green wavelengths to form a false-color image. Vegetation is red and the glacier’s surface is marbled with dirt-free blue ice and dirt-coated brown ice. Infusions of relatively clean ice push in from tributaries in the north. The glacier surface appears especially complex near the center of the image, where a tributary has pushed the ice in the main glacier slightly southward.”
“A photograph taken by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (archived by the National Snow and Ice Data Center) shows an equally complicated Susitna Glacier in 1970, with dirt-free and dirt-encrusted surfaces forming stripes, curves, and U-turns.”
“Susitna flows over a seismically active area. In fact, a 7.9-magnitude quake struck the region in November 2002, along a previously unknown fault. Geologists surmised that earthquakes had created the steep cliffs and slopes in the glacier surface, but in fact most of the jumble is the result of surges in tributary glaciers.”
“Glacier surges—typically short-lived events where a glacier moves many times its normal rate—can occur when melt water accumulates at the base and lubricates the flow. This water may be supplied by meltwater lakes that accumulate on top of the glacier; some are visible in the lower left corner of this image. The underlying bedrock can also contribute to glacier surges, with soft, easily deformed rock leading to more frequent surges.”
NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott.
Instrument: Terra - ASTER
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory
Encontro das águas escuras do Rio Negro com as águas barrentas do Rio Solimões. Por diferença de densidade, temperatura e pH, as águas dos dois rios não se misturam.
By dirk huijssoon on Flickr
“View of the sandstone domes at Kings Canyon - Red centre of Australia
~ Kings Canyon is part of the Watarrka National Park in Northern Territory, Australia. Sitting at the western end of the George Gill Range, it is 323 km southwest of Alice Springs and 1316 km south of Darwin.”
