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Geology Picture of the Week, Nov. 14-20, 2010: Wet and Dry
National Geographic ^
| August 2010
Posted on 11/17/2010 10:06:50 PM PST by cogitator
Apologies! So here's two Geology Pictures of the Week, very different.
Ansel Adams-ish picture of Old Faithful (click for 2x):
And here's Wadi Hitan in Egypt, where whale fossils are found (this is a National Geographic wallpaper image). Click for 2x.
1600 x 1200 wallpaper
NatGeo article, " Valley of the Whales"
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: desert; egypt; wyoming; yellowstone
Still trying to remember how long a week is...
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:06:56 PM PST
by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
** ping ** (sorry I’m late)
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:08:22 PM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
That second one looks like a kid left his toys scattered around.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:13:48 PM PST
by
bgill
(K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
To: cogitator
Whale bones in the desert? and there are still deniers of a Great Flood.
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posted on
11/17/2010 10:32:59 PM PST
by
balch3
To: balch3
The whales existed long before the floods at the end of the ice age.
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posted on
11/18/2010 12:59:27 AM PST
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
To: cogitator
Nice photos. The Egypt one is cool. Now - I imagine that it is called Valley of the Whales because the large rock masses look like beached Whales? (And, later on there actually were whale fossils found?)
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posted on
11/18/2010 1:08:27 AM PST
by
21twelve
( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
To: cogitator
Depends on what kind of week you are having........
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:38:16 AM PST
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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