Folded Devonian Rock, Roadcut, Hampshire Formation, West Virginia

 

Valley and Ridge Province by Barbara am Ende

Roadcut, San Andreas Fault Zone, Palmdale, California

 

San Andreas Roadcut by Ben W

Mt. Washington, Deschutes / Linn counties, Oregon

 

Mt Washington by Deb Hill

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

 

Smoky Mountains by Kurt Butzin

Lava, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii

 

Lava Ocean Entry by Nicholas McCollum

Sand Bay, Baikal Lake, Siberia, Russia

 

Baikal Lake, Siberia by Oleg Moiseyenko

Cape Minor Belfry ("Malaya Kolokolnya") at sunrise, Sand Bay, Baikal Lake, Siberia, Russia. At 1,637 meters (5,371 ft), Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and is the largest freshwater lake by volume (23,000 km³), containing approximately twenty percent of the world's total surface fresh water

Rim of the World Scenic Byway, San Bernadino Mountains, California

 

Rim of the World - San Bernadino Mountains, California by Robert Sarkisian

Yardangs aka Red Lions, Sahara Desert, SW Egypt

 

Yardangs - Red Lions (Egypt) by Banco de Imágenes Geológicas

Eastern Sierra, Madera County, California

 

Minarets Shrouded in Clouds by Bob Kent

Clouds shrouding the Minarets in the Eastern Sierra

Devils Postpile National Monument, Madera County, California

 

Devils Postpile by Josh Hawley

Volcán Wolf, Isabela, Galapagos 05.25.2015

 

Erupción Volcán Wolf by Gobierno Galapagos

Grjótagjá, lago Mývatn, Iceland

 

Un baño reparador by Andrés Nieto Porras

Wulfenite over Mimetite, Rowley Mine, Arizona

 

Wulfenite over Mimetite by howie516

Stibnite Crystals, Shikoku, Japan

 

Stibnite Crystals by howie516

Zanskar valley, Himalayan Mountains, India

 

India by Richard McManus

San Andreas Fault, Durmid Hill, Imperial County, California

 

Aerial view of folded strata and the San Andreas Fault, Durmid Hill, Imperial County, California by Michael Rymer

Uluru aka Ayers Rock, Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

 

Australia by tim phillips

Sharyn Gorge, Sharyn National Park, Tian Shan Mountains, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan

 

Sharyn Gorge by Ingeborg van Leeuwen

Castle Dome, Castle Crags and Mt Shasta, Shasta County, California

 

Castle Crags and Mt Shasta by Oregon Hiker

Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, Brewster County, Texas

 

Big Bend National Park Feb 2003 by Sonora Dick

Badlands, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Riverside, Imperial, & San Diego Counties, California

 

Into the Badlands at Night by wbirt1

Pumpkin Patch, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego, Riverside, & Imperial Counties, California

 

Pumpkin Patch  by Jon Cornforth

Mt St Helens, Washington, May 18, 1980 via USGS

Mt. St. Helens, Spirit Lake, pre-eruption, Washington via USGS

Glacial Erratics, Badlands, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

 

Glacial Erratics in Badlands by David Hogan

Drumlins, Rawthey Valley near Sedbergh, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria, UK

 

Morning mist in the Rawthey Valley near Sedbergh, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria, UK by Ministry

Gullfoss waterfall, Hvítá river canyon, southwest Iceland

 

Gullfoss Gold by Tony Prower

Somewhere in Iceland

 

CanyonWide by Tony Prower

Obsidian Dome, Mono–Inyo Craters, Eastern California

 

Obsidian by Brett

Landmannalaugar, Fjallabak Nature Reserve, Iceland

 

Landmannalaugar by Tony Prower

Stalactites, Luray Caverns, Luray, Virginia

 

Stalactite Light by Howard Ignatius

Macomber Palms Oasis, Mission Creek Strand of the San Andreas Fault, Indio Hills, Riverside County, California

 

Aerial view of Macomber Palms Oasis and the Mission Creek Strand of the San Andreas Fault, Indio Hills, Riverside County, California by Michael Rymer

Skyline Rim near Factory Butte, Utah

Skyline Rim near Factory Butte provides incredible, expansive views of the deserts of eastern Utah. The Henry Mountains offer a stout backdrop. Photo: Brandon Jolley. Posted on Tumblr by the US Department of the Interior, 9/15/14.

Kangchenjunga, Himalayas, India

 

Kangchenjunga, Indian Himalaya by A.Ostrovsky

Cathedral Rocks, Kiama Downs, Australia

 

Cathedral Rocks by Jerome Berbigier

Villarrica Volcano, Southern Chile, South America

Chile’s Villarrica Volcano Light Up the Night Sky

12:06 PM ET

The active volcano glows through the night

Cristobal Saavedra—Reuters The Villarrica Volcano at night in Pucon town, Chile on May 10, 2015.

The Villarrica Volcano in southern Chile is the most active volcano in South America.
In March the volcano, which is located near the tourist resort Pucon, erupted and caused thousands of people to evacuate. This photograph was taken May 10, and depicts the view of the volcano from the city.

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From Geology is Beautiful...

(Still More) Erupción Volcán Calbuco, Chile, South America (second eruption)

 

Calbuco Volcano Eruption by francisco negroni

(More) Erupción Volcán Calbuco, Chile, South America (second eruption)

 

Calbuco Volcano Eruption by francisco negroni

Coast with sea caves, Devils Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin

 

Coast with sea caves, Devils Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin by Paul McClure

Upper Canyon Falls, Sturgeon River, Near Alberta, Michigan

 

Upper Canyon Falls ~ Sturgeon River - Near Alberta, Michigan by John McCormick

Poás Volcano, Cordillera Central, Costa Rica

 

Poás Volcano, Costa Rica by David Farrant

Capelinhos Volcano, Faial Island, Azores

 

Capelinhos Volcano by David Stanley

 In 1957 the island of Faial in the Azores was extended westward by an eruption of Capelinhos Volcano. Some 2.4 square kilometers of dry land were added to the island, including everything visible in this photo.

Mount Tarawera, North Island, New Zealand (wide view)

 

Mount Tarawera by Mathias Ortmann

Mt Tarawera, North Island, New Zealand

 

Mt Tarawera, North Island, New Zealand by James

The 1886 Ghost Waka at Lake Tarawera (prededing the same eruption)

"...earlier on the same morning the waters of the lake rose suddenly over its whole expanse, and as unexpectedly subsided again in a matter of minutes." 

-- Te Ara Encyclopedia

Pressure clad in ghostly clothing
nudged those visual people there,
choosing images as dreams do,
painting these on willing air:

They were wearing flaxen clothing.
They did not respond to hails.
They were bound for Tarawera
as if gliding there on rails.

Mt Shasta, Cascade Range, California

 

Mount Shasta by U.S. Geological Survey

San Andreas Fault Zone, Carrizo Plain, California

 

Aerial view of offset stream channels along the San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California by Michael Rymer

Mt Etna, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy

Fiery fashion by Boris Behncke

Windjana Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia

 

Windjana Gorge by Jerome Berbigier

Calbuco Volcano Eruption, Satellite Image, Chile, April 28, 2015

 

Calbuco Volcano Eruption, Chile by DMCii