Roche Moutonee, Yosemite NP, Cal.

Lembert Dome reaches for the sky in Yosemite.

Pleistocene, glacier, glaciation, Lambert, granite, granodiorite national park, California

Roche Moutonee, Yosemite NP, Cal.

Pleistocene, glacier, glaciation, Lambert, granite, granodiorite national park, California

Roche Moutonee, Yosemite (Vertical).

Lembert Dome, a roche Moutonee.

Pleistocene, glacier, glaciation, Lambert, granite, granodiorite national park, California

Roche Moutonee, Yosemite NP, Cal.

Roche moutonnée, a bare outcrop of rock shaped by glacial erosion.

Pleistocene, glacier, glaciation, Lambert, granite, granodiorite national park, California

Aplite dike and glacial striations (vertical)

Aplite dike and glacial striations in granitic rock.

granodiorite, granite, intrusion, igneous

Tree growing in crack (vertical)

Tree growing from fracture in granitic

mechanical weathering, erosion, colonization, roots, plants, soil, granite, root wedging

Dust Devil, SE California

eolian, dust, tornado, wind

Desert Pavement, Mojave Desert, CA

Desert Pavement

weathering erosion, wind, arid

Deflation hollow in sand, SE Cal.

Deflation hollow in sand, SE Cal.

eolian, wind, erosion, arid, Mojave desert

Dust Storm, Mojave Desert, California

Dust Storm

eolian, wind, erosion, deposition

Dust storm, Mojave Desert, California

Dust Storm on playa

eolian, wind, erosion, deposition

Effects of flash flood

Flood Damage at Zabriskie Point

erosion, destruction, flooding,

Slump, N. California

Slump

erosion, mass wasting, gravity, landslide

Debris flow, Mojave Desert, Cal.

Debris Flow

arid, mass wasting, gravity

Talus cone, Sierra Nevada, CA (vertical)

Talus Cone

mass wasting, gravity, rockfall, scree

Earth flow, N. California

Mass Wasting

mass wasting, gravity, slump, mudflow, earthflow, landslide

“V”-shaped River Valley, Cal/

"V"-shaped River Valley

river erosion, Sequoia National Park

Badlands Erosion of late Miocene lakebed deposits, SE Cal.

Badlands Erosion

gullies, gully, ridge, Zabriskie Point