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Incised meander, Kentucky River
Incised meander of the Kentucky River, Kentucky. Rock in foreground is Ordovician Lexington Limestone. (171116-33)
Download ImageMt. St. Helens , WA (Pan)
View of Mt. St. Helens stratovolcano from near Johnston Ridge Observatory, Washington. Photo shows the crater, lava dome, and devastation area from the 1980 eruption. (150801-32Pan)
Download ImageLoess on basalt, Washington
Loess (windblown dust) on basalt, eastern Washington. (151111-22)
Download ImageLoess on basalt, Washington
Loess (windblown dust) on basalt, eastern Washington. (151111-20)
Download ImageFlows of Wanapum Basalt, WA
Flows of Wanapum Basalt (Columbia River Basalt Group) exposed in cliffs along Frenchman Coulee, Washington. photo shows flow contacts, colonnade, and entablature. (151110-86)
Download ImagePillow basalt and palagonite, Washington
Outcrop showing pillow basalt of the Wanapum member of the Columbia River Basalt Group. Orange material is palagonite. Washington (151110-63)
Download ImagePliocene-age river gravels, Washington
Thorp Gravel, a Pliocene deposit of the early Yakima River near Ellensburg, Washington (151110-54)
Download Imagegravel-filled channel
Gravel- and cobble-filled channel in Ellensburg Formation, Washington. (151110-48)
Download ImageMeander Bend, Yakima River, WA
Meander Bend in Yakima River, Washington. Note gravel point bar on inside bend. (151110-43)
Download ImageNormal fault in Ellensburg Fm., Washington
Normal fault in Ellensburg Fm., Washington (151110-34)
Download ImageLummi Island, Washington (Pan)
View across Bellingham Bay to Lummi Island–one of the San Juan Islands, Washington (151108-102)
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Peridotite: fresh and weathered surfaces
Peridotite: fresh and weathered surfaces (151108-37)
Download ImageRainbow Falls and Chehalis River, WA
Chehalis River spills over an outcrop of Grande Ronde Basalt (Columbia River Basalt Group) at Rainbow Falls in the Coast Range of Washington. (151107-27f)
Download ImageTidal flat, Puget Sound, Washington
Tidal flat at low tide, Nisqually Delta, Puget Sound, Washington (151020-44)
Download ImageFanning columns in andesite flow, WA
Fanning columns (cooling fractures) in andesite lava flow of Mount Baker, Washington (150916-61)
Download ImageMelange, Washington
Highly deformed rock of Bell Pass Melange, Washington. (150916-23)
Download ImageMt. Baker stratovolcano, Washington
Mt. Baker stratovolcano and glaciers, Washington (150916-4)
Download ImageMt. Shuksan, Washington
Glaciated Mount Shuksan, made of rock of the accreted Easton Terrane, Washington (150915-13)
Download ImageHoneycomb weathering in sandstone, Washington
Honeycomb weathering (tafoni) in sandstone, Washington’s Olympic coast (150913-42)
Download ImageGraded turbidite beds -overturned
Graded turbidite beds -overturned and cut by small fault with normal separation. Miocene Hoh Assemblage, Washington. (150913-33)
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