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Spring 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)
Download ImageStrandlines and receding lake levels, Lake Mead, NV
Strandlines and calcium carbonate “bathtub ring” left by falling lake levels at Lake Mead, Nevada (221123-11)
Download ImageStranded boat launch, Callville Bay, Lake Mead, NV
Stranded boat launch and low lake levels at Callville Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada. Note the white “bathtub ring” on the far side of the lake, made of calcium carbonate deposted at higher lake levels. (221123-2)
Download ImageSign marking former position of Lake Mead, Nevada
Sign marking shoreline of Lake Mead, Nevada in 2018, now well above the present shoreline.
Download ImageStranded boat dock and Callville Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada (221122-22)
Stranded boat dock and Callville Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada (221122-22)
Download ImageStranded boat dock, Lake Mead, Nevada (vertical)
Stranded boat dock at Callville Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada (221122-21)
Download Imagestranded boat dock, Lake Mead, Nevada
Stranded boat dock at Callville Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada (221122-20)
Download Imagestranded boat dock, Lake Mead, Nevada
Stranded boat dock and edge of Callville Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada
Download ImageStrandlines and receding lake levels, Lake Mead, NV
Strandlines and calcium carbonate “bathtub ring” left by falling lake levels at Lake Mead, Nevada
Download ImagePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Aerial view of Schuylkill River debouching into the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (221121-28)
Download ImageEstuary, Charleston, South Carolina
Aerial view of Charleston, South Carolina and Charleston Bay, the confluence of three estuaries (221121-1)
Download ImageMiocene volcanic rock, Death Valley, California
Desert landscape of colorful Cenozoic volcanic rock, Shoshone Volcanics, Death Valley National Park, California (221116-16)
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