"The most outstanding rock formation on this island can be found along the western coast and is shaped like an elephant head, with its curious appearance resembling a pachyderm with the trunk being positioned under the Atlantic Ocean.
Known as Elephant Rock, it was formed by one of the many volcanic eruptions in Heimay's history."
Czech scientists have discovered Lake Neuron, the world's largest known underground thermal lake, hidden 330 feet beneath the surface. Measuring 454 feet in length and 138 feet in width, this natural wonder showcases the planet's hidden treasures.
#GoodNews #Geology #LakeNeuron #Albania
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/worlds-biggest-underground-thermal-lake-discovered-in-albania-at-bottom-of-330-foot-abyss
Colourful fall foliage from the top of "The Crack" trail at the La Cloche Mountains Killarney Provincial Park Ontario, Free Shipping North America
https://www.pictorem.com/1927058/Natural%20Beauty.html
Muddy Creek at Hidden Splendor
San Rafael Swell Recreation Area, UT
The view downstream from a geological bench about a hundred feet above the bottom.
#SaturdayScenery Thanks for the reminder @SilverRainbow
There's two interesting things going on here. First are the flowers of Eriogonum umbellatum (sulphurflower buckwheat). The second are the clear glacial striations on the rock face dating the ice ages of the Pleistocene Epoch.
"Planet Definitions" by XKCD comic (mirror bots @xkcd @xkcdbot ) - All the definitions of a planet, whether they've earned representation or not. https://xkcd.com/3063/ #astronomy #planetary #asteroid #geology #oops #WTF #humor
![XKCD comic #3063 "Planet Definitions" https://xkcd.com/3063/
explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3063:_Planet_Definitions
transcript truncated to fit alt-text limit:
[A table with 3 columns, labelled "Definition", "# of planets", and "Solar system". The last row is a drawing of the Solar system, with elements included in the definition of the row colored in green]
Traditionalist: Pluto is a planet
Modern: Pluto is not a planet
Expansive: Dwarf planets are planets
Ultratraditionalist: Only the classical planets are planets
Condescending: Only giant planets are planets; the rest are big asteroids.
Simplistic: Anything gravitationally round is a planet
Grounded: Only objects a spaceship has landed on are planets
Regolithic: Anything covered in dirt and ice and stuff is a planet
Lunar: You can't be a planet if you don't have a moon
Solipsitic: Earth is the only planet
Judgemental: Only the prettiest ones are planets
Empiricist: Only worlds that I, author of this table, have personally seen are planets
Marine biologist: Only objects with oceans are planets
Maritime: Only objects with surface oceans are planets
Universalist: They're all planets
Existantialist: What is space itself is a planet???
Spiteful: Only Pluto is a planet
title/mouseover text: Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.](https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/114/162/831/647/915/361/original/7ed60693432fd815.png "XKCD comic #3063 \"Planet Definitions\" https://xkcd.com/3063/
explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3063:_Planet_Definitions
transcript truncated to fit alt-text limit:
[A table with 3 columns, labelled \"Definition\", \"# of planets\", and \"Solar system\". The last row is a drawing of the Solar system, with elements included in the definition of the row colored in green]
Traditionalist: Pluto is a planet
Modern: Pluto is not a planet
Expansive: Dwarf planets are planets
Ultratraditionalist: Only the classical planets are planets
Condescending: Only giant planets are planets; the rest are big asteroids.
Simplistic: Anything gravitationally round is a planet
Grounded: Only objects a spaceship has landed on are planets
Regolithic: Anything covered in dirt and ice and stuff is a planet
Lunar: You can't be a planet if you don't have a moon
Solipsitic: Earth is the only planet
Judgemental: Only the prettiest ones are planets
Empiricist: Only worlds that I, author of this table, have personally seen are planets
Marine biologist: Only objects with oceans are planets
Maritime: Only objects with surface oceans are planets
Universalist: They're all planets
Existantialist: What is space itself is a planet???
Spiteful: Only Pluto is a planet
title/mouseover text: Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.")
A rock with a dome-like structure, captured 12 hours ago by Curiosity in the canyon between Texoli Butte and Gould Mesa. It is mentioned in the latest mission update, by Sharon Wilson Purdy: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4477-4478-bumping-back-to-business/
#Mars Mar. 14, 2025 (Sol 4480)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Friday fun, sound on, WELL done...
"Appalachian wrinkles..."
#geology #platetectonics #FridayFun #humour #ElleCordova
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHHL3fIS8Qt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
#FossilFriday & sticking with the microlove this week. Ventilabrella ornatissima holotype specimen CASG # 4746 from the Cretaceous, Fresno County, California. There are an (crudely) estimated 6.5 million forams in #Geology collections @calacademy.bsky.social @calacademy mostly unexplored! https://flic.kr/p/syL77x
If there was a Nobel prize for science comedy, Elle Cordova would win it for this geological meet cute 
C: @ellecordova on IG
If there was a Nobel prize for science comedy, Elle Cordova would win it for this geological meet cute
C: @ellecordova on IG
Look at this Cool #Grape #Agate 
My all-time favorite mineral. I love it.
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#Fluorite with #Calcite and #Quartz, 3.5cm, Yongchun Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, #China.
Jingnan (Tom) Zhang Coll & Photo
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Very special and rare Blue #Octahedron #Spinel with natural growth marks from #SriLanka.
Photo: Ben Decamp Bill Larson Collection
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Amazing #Pentagonite, 4.5cm, Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, #India.
Jingnan (Tom) Zhang Coll & Photo
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#Fluorite on #Hedenbergite #Quartz Huanggang Mine, Keshiketeng Co., Inner #Mongolia 17 cm tall x 17 cm wide
Photo Wilensky Exquisite Minerals
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#Thundereggs usually look like ordinary rocks on the outside, but slicing them in half and polishing them may reveal intricate patterns and colors.
A #thunderegg is a spherical or ovoid nodule-like rock, similar to a filled geode, formed within rhyolitic volcanic ash layers as a concretion of silica
https://www.geologyin.com/2020/05/thunderegg-ordinary-rocks-with-crystal.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-t3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfRDgQWi8sRR84zX8lhy58rcLEF9ar5LXgge0veldCAiZbc7z4-2vMdNxg_aem_7qAZKXw0gBIi2zqb8GoBog
By #GeologyWonders
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