Geology Picture of the Week, Nov. 14-20, 2010: Wet and Dry

National Geographic ^ | August 2010

[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"

[cogitator]

Still trying to remember how long a week is...

[cogitator]

** ping ** (sorry I’m late)

[bgill]

That second one looks like a kid left his toys scattered around.

[balch3]

Whale bones in the desert? and there are still deniers of a Great Flood.

[SatinDoll]

The whales existed long before the floods at the end of the ice age.

[21twelve]

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?)

[geezerwheezer]

Depends on what kind of week you are having........