Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - June - Geology

2019 – June – Geology

The new challenge features Geology and Earth Science.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout June UTC.

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Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. June 2019 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

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Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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Examples

Prometheuse cave
Minerals
Field pictures
thin sections of rocks/minerals
outcrops
spheroidal weathering
Parque Nacional Aparados da Serra, Brazil
Walpa Gorge, Australia
"Canyon des Singes" and "Canyon des Rats", Madagascar
Avakas Gorge, Cyprus
Orrido di Botri, Italy
Wichita Canyon, United States
geotopes
erosion
frost weathering
solifluction

Entries

Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs, MT
Yellowstone West Thumb
Weeping Rock Zion
One of the details in the slot canyon in Upper Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona
Strike-Slip Fault
Anticline-Yyncline
Pillow lava
The Melange Group
One of the details of Upper Antelope Canyon in Page Arizona
Cataratas Brasileiras do Iguaçu 4
Cataratas Brasileiras do Iguaçu
Pôr do sol no litoral
Por do sol no sul de minas
Detail of Lower Antelope Canyon, a sandstone slot canyon in Arizona
Hoodoo formations at Sunrise Point, Bryce Canyon
A piece of sea bottom made of little stones and broken shells.
Beautiful pebbles.
Smooth pebbles on the beach.
Rocks standing near the beach.
Garden of Stones at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM)
Morro da Urca, seen from the walking trail Claudio Coutinho
Boulders for climbing training (Claudio Coutinho walking trail)
Stones and Crystals in mini Japanese Garden
Horseshoe Bend, an incised meander of the Colorado River in Arizona
Lava rocks and tide pool, Senhoshi Misaki Park, Rishiri Island, Japan
Momoiwa ("Peach Rock") on Rebun Island off Hokkaido in the Sea of Japan is a huge spherical rock formed from cooled magma.
View of Mt. Sheridan from Mt. Scott, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA
Kratersee in Maly Semjatschik auf der Halbinsel Kamtschatka
Tal der Geysire auf der Halbinsel Kamtschatka
Geysir im Tal der Geysire in Kamtschatka
Unterirdische Tropfsteinhöhlen auf dem Fluss Punkva
A rock shaped by erosion and its plants.
The landscape of National Serra da Capivara, Brazil.
The pierced rock, northeast Brazil.
Caves of Han
Corniche de Circourt-sur-Mouzon
Blanche Côte de Pagny
Cliff of Ault
Small stones over sand columns in Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil.
The Devil's Table (
Deutsch: Teufelstisch
) in Hinterweidenthal, Germany
Karst spring "Blautopf", river Blau, Blaubeuren, Germany (second largest karst spring of Germany)
geographical formation "Artists Palette" in "Death Valley", California, USA
Massif du Galibier, près du col du même nom
Sidobre, Roc de l'Oie
Cévennes, France, Flancs du Mont Aigoual
Cévennes, "serres" cévenoles
Crystals in the museum
Peña de Bernal at afternoon
Hierve el Agua
Velká Amerika
Apophyllite from Nasik displayed at Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru
Abandoned mine, Larder Lake, Ontario
Rotenfels , Rhyolite rock , Bad Münster am Stein Ebernburg , Germany
Garganta do Diabo, Foz do Iguaçu, between Brazil and Argentina
Looking for Petoskey Stones in Good Harbor Bay, Michigan
Karst spring Source de la Loue, Doubs, France
Karst spring Source du Lison, Doubs, France
Selfie with waterfall in Horton Plains
Gletscherspuren bei Ragueneau in der Region Manicouagan, Québec, Kanada
Basaltformation auf der kanarischen Insel Lanzarote von Los Hervideros
Érosion aux îles-de-la-Madeleine, l'anse-aux-herbes, Québec, Canada
Monolithen-Gruppe im Parc national de l'Archipel-de-Mingan, Québec, Canada
Landing another planet on March 6, 2016
DU GANITE AU Jardin des Plantes et de la Nature A PORTO NOVO AU BENIN
On the Karst massif of the Reiter Alpe in the Berchtesgaden Alps
Tufa formations at Mono Lake, California
Alpe Veglia
Buntsandstein outcrop on Heligoland. The stack is called Lange Anna
Heavenly Spring of Alps Mountain shot in the coach on Grossglockner High Alpine Road
Стратотип каменноугольной системы (Гжельский ярус) 6
The light at Point Arena in the afternoon sun.
L'Aiguille Verte depuis l'Aiguille du Midi, Massif du Mont-Blanc, France.
L'Aiguille et le Glacier de Bionnassay, Massif du Mont-Blanc, France.
Paroi nord de la Tête Rousse + l'Aiguille de Bionnassay, Massif du Mont-Blanc, France.
Le Glacier de Bionnassay, Massif du Mont-Blanc, France.
Cormorant Island while cruising Beagle Channel in Argentina (Patagonia)]]
Moonlit night at Fiery Furnace, a labyrinth of sandstone towers, Arches National Park, UT
Mount Kiirunavaara (foreground) and mount Luossavaara (background) and the city centre of the mining town of Kiruna. The mountains contains one of the largest and richest bodies of iron ore in the world.
Kayaking alongside the majestic mountains in Alaska's Glacier Bay.
Section of canyon wall near Rustic Falls, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Mont Jerbier de Jonc, Sainte-Eulalie, Ardèche, France
Abandoned gold mine, Gauthier Township, Ontario
Kaolin mine
Cliff face at Polzeath Beach, Cornwall
Slate wall at Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall
The sea-end of Rocky Valley, Cornwall
Rock at the headland at Port Gaverne, Cornwall
Cristallo di rocca (quarzo ialino) usato per suonare la Vichitra veena
Columnar Basaltic Rocks at St. Mary's Island, Udupi, India
Cliffs at Smith Rock State Park - Oregon USA
Basaltsäulen
Gold Gold Gold ǃǃǃ ( Gold ore from south america with small gold particles )
Trekking into the Boro komoldoho waterfalls
Mountain sorrounding Boro komoldoho waterfalls
Yosemite Valley, California - USA
Giant Hall in the Devil's Cave in Pottenstein
Stone layers in the quarry near Neubrunn in the Haßberge mountains
Sulfurous pond, Canale Monterano, Italy
Geosite of the caldera of the Vico Lake formed by volcanic activity
Geosite "Pietre Lanciate", a rare geological formation made of prisms of volcanic rock rising from the ground
Pit with dark gray slag and ash emitted by the Monte Ficoreto Volcano covered by the deposition of the upper pyroclastic flow of the Sacrofano Volcano
Old Faithful Basin Viewing - Yellowstone National Park - USA
Hoodoos - Red Canyon Utah - USA
Beach pebbles formed over time as the ocean water washes over rocks
Alexander Nevsky chapel, Lower Sinyachiha Museum-Reserve
Gesteinsformation nahe des Pailón del Diablo
Peru, Nazca Ebene
Wasserfall in Norwegen. Hordaland.
Naturdenkmal. Klippen des Schlossbergs Quedlinburg. Landkreis Harz. Sachsen-Anhalt.
Teufelsmauer im NSG 64 „Teufelsmauer und Bode nordöstlich Thale“ südwestlich von Weddersleben.
Sedimentary rock on the Seiser Alm
The Sella group in the Dolomites
Minerals in the ‘Kakteenland Steinfeld’
Sandstone shaped by weathering at the bay Caló des Moro
Stack at Praia da Marinha, Algarve, Portugal
Felsformationen in Churchill, Südwestküste der Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Kanada
Externsteine Arcosolia-Rock, Horn-Bad Meinberg, NRW, Germany
Drowned Wood in mining sinkhole at Dinslaken-Hiesfeld, NRW, Germany
Sandkuhle in Kaaks
Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz. Deutschland.
Diatomite quarry, Ardèche, France
Basalt dyke, Ardèche, France
A small dry red lake in the iron mining area of Rio Marina, Elba Island in Tuscany
The Narrows im Zion Nationalpark, Utah, USA
Zion Nationalpark, Utah, Usa
Whitehouse Trail im Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA
Marseille (France)
Lanzarote, Los Hervideros
Lago riñihue, Chile
Cliffs of black cows, France
Cliffs of black cows, France
Cliffs of black cows, France
Montagne di Fuerteventura, Canarie
Spiaggia di Sotavento a Fuerteventura, Canarie
Montagne nella Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Pigeon Island National Park, Sri Lanka
Опал
Utah. Bryce Canyon National Park
Отпечаток из прошлого (Imprint from the past)
Гипсовая роза
White cliffs of Mers-les-Bains, France
Brama Pravčicka - largest sandstone arch in Europe seen from behind
Blue Cave in Bonito, Brazil - By Bettina Avila
Pike County, Kentucky
Mexican Hat Rock eastnortheast silhouette
Shiprock and southern magmatic dike
Blick vom Roque de los Muchachos auf der Insel La Palma, Kanarische inseln, Spanien
Küste beim Second Beach von La Push, Washington State, USA
geologische Formation Raukar beim Ort Byrum auf der Insel Öland in Schweden
The Boulders of Edoma River in Yaroslavl Region of Russian Federation
Mountain at Hali (near to Jökulsárlón), Iceland
Hooker Valley Track, Mount Cook, New Zealand
View of Tasman Lake
Tufa caves in France
Coxs Bazar Bay of Bengal
Wasserfelsen at the Kirkel forest in Germany
Kiirunavaara is a mountain situated in Kiruna, Sweden. It contains one of the largest and richest bodies of iron ore in the world.
Trachyte boulders inside the Beech Forest (Fagus sylvatica) of the ancient volcano Monte Cimino, UNESCO Heritage, Lazio, Italy
Massive Rhyolite Rock Overhang in Lamington National Park, Queensland
Wall in a sandstone quarry am Main
Rock in Pigeon Island National Park
Stalagmites in front of the entrance to the aven d'Orgnac
The Arc Bridge on the Ardèche river
Doolin, Ireland
Fanad, Ireland
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Larder River, Timiskaming, Ontario
Stone spheres
prometheose cave in KUTAISI. GEORGIA
SALT STONES
Hajiqoli salt lake in Semnan province of Iran
Badab soort spring terraces in Mazandaran province of Iran
Tufa rock blocks, Ancient town of Sutri, Lazio, Italy
$Giant rock wall with a central fracture called 'Spaccatura delle Lecce', Monte Cucco Regional Park, Umbria, Italy$

Giant rock wall with a central fracture called 'Spaccatura delle Lecce', Monte Cucco Regional Park, Umbria, Italy
Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD
Panoramic of the Grand Canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, (USA)
Valley of Fire complex sandstone erosion, Nevada, USA.
Valley of Fire sandstone erosion, Nevada, USA.
Plage du Cran au Poulet, Audinghen, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Stone Forest in Monodendri Greece
Road along Gordes de l'Ardèche
Horseshoe Bend in Arizona
Use of a Rock Bar in trail upkeep within the Green Mountain Club Long Trail in Vermont
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