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Salt evaporators, California
Aerial view of salt evaporators, San Francisco Bay, Fremont, California (221129-112)
Download ImageCalaveras fault zone, California (vertical)
Aerial view of the trace of Calaveras Fault in Sunol Valley, California. Pleasanton, California in background. (221129-104)
Download ImageMeander bends and scars, San Joaquin River, California
Aerial view of meandering river. San Joaquin River, just south of Manteca, California (221129-95)
Download ImageEl Capitan, Yosemite Valley, CA
Aerial view of El Capitan and Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California (221129-89)
Download ImageMono Craters and Mono Lake, California
Aerial view of Mono Lake and Inyo Craters, a chain of silicic lava domes, California (221129-73)
Download ImageCrest of White Mountains, CA
Aerial view of the crest of White Mountains, California. View northward (221129-60)
Download ImageSilver Peak lithium mine, Nevada
Silver Peak Lithium mine in Clatton Valley, Nevada (221129-57)
Download ImageSilver Peak lithium mine, Nevada
Aerial view of Silver Peak Lithium mine in Clatton Valley, Nevada (221129-52)
Download ImageSand Dunes (“Big Dune”), Nevada
Aerial view of Big Dune, Amargosa Valley, Nevada (221129-39)
Download ImageAlluvial fan, Nevada
Aerial view of an alluvial fan, Stewart Valley, Nevada (221129-31)
Download ImageSpring Mountains, Nevada
Aerial view northward along the Spring Mountains to the Keystone Thrust, Nevada (221129-17)
Download ImageDevils Golf Course and Black Mtns, Death Valley, CA
Broken salt polygons at Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California. Badwater turtleback forms the background. (221125-14)
Download ImageWater and salt flats, Death Valley, California
Salt pan and water at Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park, California (221125-11)
Download ImageWater and salt flats, Death Valley, California
Salt pan and water at Badwater Spring, Death Valley National Park, California (221125-6)
Download ImageThrust fault in Q alluvial fan deposits, CA
Thrust fault in Quaternary alluvial fan deposits, Death Valley, California
Download ImageCross-bedded Jurassic sandstone, Nevada
Aeolian cross-bedded Jurassic Aztec Sandstone, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada (221123-81)
Download ImageDisconformity, Nevada
Disconformity, a type of unconformity between parallel sedimentary rock units. Cretaceous conglomerate of the Willow Tank Formation above Jurassic Aztec Sandstone, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada. (221123-56)
Download ImageCross-bedded Jurassic sandstone, Nevada
Aeolian cross-bedded Jurassic Aztec Sandstone, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada (221123-55)
Download ImageTalus Cones, Nevada (vertical)
Talus cones, formed by erosion of a butte, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada (221123-29)
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Strandlines and receding lake levels, Lake Mead, NV
Strandlines and calcium carbonate “bathtub ring” left by falling lake levels at Lake Mead, Nevada (221123-11)
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