Mi(ni)Geo

Birds fly in the foreground as a plume of ash and steam rises from Popocatepetl. Credit: AP. (via guardian.co.uk)

Draft, delta building and stratigraphy, Emriver Em4 model. (by Steve Gough)

Here we build a delta, then lower base level so the channel cuts through it. We then used vertical slicing to reveal some very nice stratigraphy. There are four sizes of color coded particles, the material is melamine plastic (density 1.6). You can see Gigapan images of the stratigraphy.

With advances in the methods of interferometry, subsidence of entire countries can now be mapped. This image shows the average displacement rates over millions of permanent scatterers identified over Italy using data from ESA’s ERS missions (1992–2001). The project was financed by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and carried out by e-GEOS, TRE and Compulab. Credit: Tele-Rilevamento Europa (TRE). (vía ESA)

Earth from Space: Algerian sands (by europeanspaceagency)

This image shows the sandy and rocky terrain of the Sahara desert in western Algeria. With the Mediterranean Sea almost 500 km away, the closest town to the area pictured here is Taghit in the Algerian province of Béchar. The commercial Ikonos-2 satellite acquired this image on 23 April 2008 at a spatial resolution of 4 m. Credit: EUSI.

A Bird’s Eye View of Niagara Falls by George Catlin ca. 1827 (by alpoma)

Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art Museum
Vía: www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=7940
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Guy Laramee carves magnificent landscapes into relevant volumes of work, some pieces using well over ten books. (via Twisted Sifter)

Geology Abstract (by E=mcSCOW)

Delta and tidal flat of the South Skagit River at low tide

[BBK TimeLapse] José Manuel Abadía - COSTA QUEBRADA (por BBKwebTV)

Time lapse que recoge el entorno natural de La Costa Quebrada Cantábrica, mostrando sus bellos acantilados y diferentes miradas a través de aproximadamente 3300 fotografías que realicé durante los meses de Julio, Agosto y Septiembre 2011 para transformarlos algo más de dos minutos de pura emoción…

The San Andreas Fault super-imposed over the California landscape seen in a shuttle photo. Credit: Fuis, et al. (vía OurAmazingPlanet)

This striking photograph from the International Space Station features two examples of circular landscape features—labeled as craters—that were produced by very different geological processes. (vía NASA Earth Observatory)

Southwest No 72 (vía adolfo_isassi)

The American Southwest. Copyright: Adolfo Isassi.

Uummannaq Island seen from the east in the evening. (via Jason Box)

The image above shows the eastern part of Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, near 36 degrees north latitude and 112.1 degrees west longitude. It is a composite of two pieces: a synthetic natural color image captured on July 14, 2011, draped over a three-dimensional model of the area. The images and stereoscopic data behind the model were acquired by the Advanced Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra spacecraft. The perspective is from east to west, looking down the channel of the Colorado River. North is to the right. In this view, the canyon spans 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) at its widest point and 5,600 feet (1,707 meters) from rim to river bed. The North Rim and Walhalla Plateau stand out on the right side, while Grand Canyon Village rests on the high plateau at upper left. (vía NASA Earth Observatory)

Earth from Space: Proba image of the Gobi Desert in China (by europeanspaceagency)

This Proba image shows numerous small lakes in the otherwise arid environment of the Gobi Desert in the Chinese Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia, surrounded by some of the highest and largest sand dunes in the world. This image was acquired on 29 September 2005 by the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS). Credit: ESA.

Aerial view of Aniakchak Caldera taken from northern rim. Credit: Roy Wood. (via Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve)