Tag: Geologic Sites
Geology of Lavacicle Caves
What does lavacicle mean?
A geological formation consisting of a quantity of lava that dripped from the roof of a cave as it cooled and...
Giant’s Causeway, Ireland
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is also known as...
Fingal’s Cave
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The...
+20 Most Amazing Landscapes and Rock Formations
Zhangye Danxia, China
These rainbow mountains look like something out of a painting. The Danxia landforms, found in China's Gansu Province, are made of strips...
+20 Strange Geological Formations On Earth
Moeraki Boulders – New Zealand
The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago...
Vermilion Cliffs
The Vermilion Cliffs are the second "step" up in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, in northern Arizona and southern Utah. They...
Flysch Rock Formation, Zumaia Spain
Flysch is a sequence of sedimentary rocks that is deposited in a deep marine facies in the foreland basin of a developing orogen. Flysch...
Watermelon Valley, Egypt
Name: Watermelon Valley "Wadi El Battikh"
Locality: New Valley Governorate, Egypt
Chert nodules of the Drunka Formation (Lower Eocene) are mostly spherical, have diameters from 40...
Jewel Cave National Monument
Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the third longest cave in the world, with 181.89 miles (292.72 kilometers) of mapped passageways. It...
Champagne Pool
Champagne Pool is a prominent geothermal feature within the Waiotapu geothermal area in the North Island of New Zealand.
The terrestrial hot spring is located...
Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Postpile National Monument is located near Mammoth Mountain in eastern California. The national monument protects Devil's Postpile, an unusual rock formation of columnar...
Hvítserkur
Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland.
The rock has two holes at...
Stair Hole
Stair Hole is a small cove that is to the west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England.
The folded limestone strata known as the...
Angel Falls “World’s Highest Waterfall”
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a...
Angel Falls
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a...
Crystal Mountain, Egypt
The Crystal Mountain is situated between the Baharyia Oasis and the Farafra Oasis, in the White Desert's North. Despite its name, the Crystal Mountain...
Psychedelic Salt Mine, Russia
Hundreds of feet below a Russian city is an abandoned salt mine which might as well be the inside of a rave.
The walls are...
The world’s newest island
A new island has been formed in the South Pacific after the eruption of an underwater volcano in Tonga.
Images have emerged of the island's...
Caño Cristales, Colombia
Caño Cristales is a Colombian river located in the Serrania de la Macarena province of Meta. It's a tributary of the Guayabero River. The...
Valley of Balls
The Mangystau region of Kazakhstan, near the borders of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, is a huge, empty place. In total, it covers 165,600 square kilometers...
