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Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming

Aerial view of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park 150101-79)

Absaroka Range, Wyoming

Aerial view of bsaroka Range, Wyoming. East edge of Yellowstone Lake on left. (150101-75)

Sanibel Island and Florida Gulf Coast (pan)

Aerial view of Sanibel Island and the Florida Gulf Coast (MG_3720fc)

Deposit of Missoula Floods, Oregon

Coarse-grained sediment, deposited by one of the Missoula Floods in Oregon, some 15,000 years ago. (140730-34)

Ordovician shale and limestone

Ordovician shale and limestone along interstate highway I-75 in northern Kentucky; downtown Cincinnati, Ohio occupies the background. (141129-9flr)

Ohio River

Aerial view upstream of the Ohio River –near where Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana meet.

marine fossils in limestone (square)

Marine fossils in Ordovician limestone from northern Kentucky — mostly brachipods and bryozoa. (110918-14cc)

Salton Sea, California

Aerial view of Salton Sea, with the approximate locations of the southern San Andreas and Imperial faults. Note how right-lateral slip on the two en-echelon faults drive extension between them. (100128-85e)

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View north to Salton Sea, CA

Aerial view of the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley of California, view northward. The San Andreas takes a right step when it reaches the Salton Sea; transfer of the strain from one part of the fault to the other has caused the area between to be pulled apart. That area is now filled in by the Salton Sea. (100128-85)

Glacially carved granitic rock.

Glacially carved granite–British Columbia, Canada (Image ID#141019-49f)

Granitic monolith, British Columbia, (vertical)

The Stawamus Chief is a granite dome near Squamish in British Columbia, Canada. Towering over 2,300, it is often claimed to be the second largest granite monolith in the world. (Image ID# 141019-14)

Shannon Falls

Shannon Falls, near the bottom of its 1,100 ft drop, near Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. (Image ID# 141019-18lrf)

Crater Lake caldera, Oregon (Pan)

Crater Lake caldera and Wizard Island as seen from The Watchman. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. (Image ID# 141012-38)

Welded pumice, Crater Lake, Oregon

Pumice welded onto top of Cleetwood rhyolite flow at Cleetwood Cove. Note how the base of the pumice is red from oxidation and forms a ledge due to it’s rigidity. (Image ID# 141012-15)

Phantom Ship in Crater Lake, Oregon

Phantom Ship, the oldest rocks in the Crater Lake, caldera, Oregon. (Image ID# 30-11233)

Pumice Deposit

Pumice deposit at Crater Lake in Oregon. Differently colored pumice from differences in iron-oxide content (Image ID# 5d-8638)

Salt-covered playa, southern Oregon

Polygonal cracks in salt deposits at Lake Abert in Central Oregon. (Image ID# 140620-102)

Birds along briney creek, Lake Abert, Oregon

Due to the high salinity and alkali content, Lake Albert is uninhabitable for fish. However, this environment is perfect for brine shrimp and as a result, the lake provides an excellent habitat for a variety of shore birds. (Image ID# 140621-103)

cross-cutting relations in canyon wall

Cross-cutting relations in canyon wall on west side of Panamint Valley in SE California –part of Death Valley National Park. (Image ID#rainbowunconf-noteslr)

cross-cutting relations (pan)

Cross-cutting relations in canyon wall on west side of Panamint Valley in SE California –part of Death Valley National Park. (Image ID# pan-rainbowunconf)