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NATURAL EARTH

Geology · Canyons · Volcanoes · Deep Time
Shift from human construction to the forces that build the planet itself: erosion, uplift, volcanism, caves, rock and deep time.
THE MET · OPEN ACCESS
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
ORIGINAL COLLECTION RECORDS
CANYONS & STRATA
Rock layers exposed across immense spans of time.
Grand Staircase-big.jpg
Grand Staircase-big.jpg
Public domain
PSM V69 D425 Geologic strata at bright angel trail.png
PSM V69 D425 Geologic strata at bright angel trail.png
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Unconformity in Grand Canyon.jpg
Unconformity in Grand Canyon.jpg
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Verdon près Beaumes Fères Grand Canyon Palud Verdon 2.jpg
Verdon près Beaumes Fères Grand Canyon Palud Verdon 2.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0
Grand Canyon National Park 0507 02 Bright Angel Lodge (4761260653).jpg
Grand Canyon National Park 0507 02 Bright Angel Lodge (4761260653).jpg
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Grand Canyon National Park 0507 01458 Bright Angel Lodge (4761251203).jpg
Grand Canyon National Park 0507 01458 Bright Angel Lodge (4761251203).jpg
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VOLCANIC LANDSCAPES
Land shaped by magma, eruptions and lava.
Iceland Landscape 4560.JPG
Iceland Landscape 4560.JPG
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Volcanic Landscape (223180293).jpg
Volcanic Landscape (223180293).jpg
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Volcanic landscape Timanfaya (223179819).jpg
Volcanic landscape Timanfaya (223179819).jpg
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Volcanic landscape Timanfaya (223178946).jpg
Volcanic landscape Timanfaya (223178946).jpg
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Volcanic landscape Timanfaya (223177689).jpg
Volcanic landscape Timanfaya (223177689).jpg
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Hverarönd July 2014.JPG
Hverarönd July 2014.JPG
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CAVES & KARST
Underground landscapes carved by water and chemistry.
Mammoth Cave Rotunda (USGS Lwt02830).jpg
Mammoth Cave Rotunda (USGS Lwt02830).jpg
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Region-calcarea-b.png
Region-calcarea-b.png
CC BY-SA 3.0
Karst-spring-Kefalari Argolis Greece.jpg
Karst-spring-Kefalari Argolis Greece.jpg
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Canyon passage (Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 4 (37902722776).jpg
Canyon passage (Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 4 (37902722776).jpg
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Canyon passage (Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 11 (37902610556).jpg
Canyon passage (Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 11 (37902610556).jpg
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Canyon passage (Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 13 (26180890379).jpg
Canyon passage (Boone Avenue, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) 13 (26180890379).jpg
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FOSSILS & DEEP TIME
Evidence of ancient life preserved in stone.
Germanodactylus spec 01.JPG
Germanodactylus spec 01.JPG
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Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton (cast of specimen MOR 555) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History.jpg
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton (cast of specimen MOR 555) at Cleveland Museum of Natural History.jpg
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Fossil vertebrae.jpg
Fossil vertebrae.jpg
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Avestruz alta.jpg
Avestruz alta.jpg
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Fossil specimen of Rhineastes.png
Fossil specimen of Rhineastes.png
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Meganeura monyi au Museum de Toulouse.jpg
Meganeura monyi au Museum de Toulouse.jpg
CC BY-SA 4.0