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Cape Blanco headland, Oregon
Aerial view of Cape Blanco headland, Oregon (CE-09). Flat surface is an uplifted marine terrace.
Download ImageWave refraction around headland, California
Aerial view of wave refraction around headland, California. (CE-06)
Download ImageEroding headland and seastacks, Oregon
Aerial view of eroding headland and lighthouse, Heceta Head, Oregon coast. (Ce-07)
Download ImageDifferential erosion, Mexican Hat, Utah (vertical)
Differential erosion, Mexican Hat, Utah (9OtRD-049)
Download ImageWave-cut platform, Oregon Coast
Wave-cut platform cut by strike-slip faults. Sunset Bay, Oregon Coast (CE-01)
Download ImageHoneycomb weathering (tafoni) in sandstone, Oregon Coast
Honeycomb weathering (tafoni) in sandstone, Oregon Coast. It forms by the expansion of salt that gets into the rock from the ocean spray. The salt expands as it crystallizes. (CE-02)
Download ImageWave refraction around headland, CA
Aerial view of wave refraction around headland, California. (CE-03)
Download ImagePlunging anticline, SW Montana
Plunging anticline, made of Cretaceous sedimentary rock, SW Montana, (AC140726-20)
Download ImageGolden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands
Aerial view over Golden Gate Bridge north to Marin Headlands and Richardson Bay, California. (9AD2K4-050)
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View SW over San Andreas fault, California
View southwestward over San Andreas fault to Pinnacles National Park, California. The fault runs along the base of the hills in the middle ground. (9AD2K4-014)
Download ImageSea stack and headland, CA (vertical)
Aerial view of sea stack and headland, California coast (9AD2K4-042)
Download ImageIcefield, Donjek Glacier, Yukon, Canada
Aerial view of Icefield, Donjek Glacier in Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada (9A93-181)
Download ImageView NW along San Andreas Fault, CA (vertical)
Aerial view northwestward along the trace of the San Andreas fault near Pinnacles National Monument. (ID: 9AD2K4-015)
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Tufa tower, Mono Lake, California (vertical)
Tufa deposits, formed by the precipitation of calcium carbonate, exposed by dropping water levels at Mono Lake, California. (7Mono-22)
Download ImageClastic sedimentary rock hand samples
left to right: shale, sandstone, conglomerate. (7344)
Download ImageTufa-encrusted rocks, Mono Lake, California
Tufa-encrusted rocks, Mono Lake, California. (7Mono-16)
Download ImageWind ripples and sand dunes (vertical)
Ibex dunefield, Death Valley National Park, California. (6033)
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