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Lake Superior, Minnesota
On the northern banks of Lake Superior on a cold fall day. Schroeder, Minnesota
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012
curving
The building of a new bridge over the Colorado River by the Hoover Dam allows the view of a very...
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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2012
Zzyzx
At the edge of Soda Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert, Zzyzx is a research facility (Desert Studies...
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Uploaded on Jan 5, 2012
American Coot
Fulica americana, or the American Coot, is here seen feeding in a pond at Zzyzx, the research center...
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Uploaded on Jan 3, 2012
best pizza in the U.S. ever
This small pizza place, actually a small local chain located in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area of...
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Uploaded on Nov 29, 2011
Beach gravel
High wave energy at the end of Sugar Loaf Bay has concentrated and rounded gravel-size grains and rock...
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Uploaded on Oct 26, 2011
Fall colors on the banks of Lake Superior
Hiking along the banks of the lake to get to an outcrop, and finally seeing the colors of Fall, colors...
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Uploaded on Oct 25, 2011
towards the Canadian border
This picture is actually horrible, but I like road signs, and I like the sense of travel I see in it....
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Uploaded on Oct 24, 2011
South Kawishiwi River
A view of the South Kawishiwi River from the bridge along Minnesota State Road 1, at the edge of the...
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Uploaded on Oct 23, 2011
Folding in Archean Banded Iron Formations
One of the last images I am going to show about Banded Iron Formations constitutes a nice example of...
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Uploaded on Oct 22, 2011
kinks, bends, fractures, fillings.. oh my..
Many of the iron-rich layers in this outcrop show extremely fine lamination. In this example there are...
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Uploaded on Oct 21, 2011
Banded Iron Formations
The Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are a series of stratigraphic rock units deposited at different...
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Uploaded on Oct 20, 2011
Biwabik Iron Formation
The Paleoproterozoic Biwabik Formation is divided into four members, Lower Cherty, Lower Slaty, Upper...
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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2011
Archean Metaconglomerate
This rock formed originally as a conglomerate and lithic sandstone, that is, a deposit of gravel and...
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Uploaded on Oct 16, 2011
Archean pillowed greenstones
These are metamorphosed pillow basalts from the Archean of northeastern Minnesota. Pillow basalts form...
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Uploaded on Oct 15, 2011
Interstate 35, Minnesota
A pause during our field trip in northeastern Minnesota. Barnum, Minnesota
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Uploaded on Oct 14, 2011
The Mississippi River
The view northward along the Mississippi River, on a beautiful and warm October afternoon, from the...
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Uploaded on Oct 13, 2011
Nicaragua (& Costa Rica)
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