Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation. This layer was formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes. Aerial photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38029
Factory Butte at sunrise. An exceptional example of a solitary butte surrounded by dramatically eroded badlands, Factory Butte stands alone on the San Rafael Swell.
Location: Factory Butte, Hanksville, Utah
Image ID: 38054
Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands, part of the Chinle Formation formed during the Upper Triassic Period. Aerial photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38177
Aerial View of the San Rafael Reef, Utah. This is a canyon-like section of the San Rafael Reef, photographed at sunrise. The "reef proper" is on the right, with its characteristic triangular flatiron erosion. The canyon in the center is a fold in the Earth's crust affiliated with the boundary of the San Rafael Swell. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 39497
Panorama dimensions: 4490 x 8439
Factory Butte at sunrise, aerial photo, Utah. An exceptional example of solitary butte surrounded by dramatically eroded badlands, Factory Butte stands alone on the San Rafael Swell.
Location: Factory Butte, Hanksville, Utah
Image ID: 38076
Lip throws out, boogie board guy about to take off at the The Wedge. Actually at Cylinders.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 14189
Surfer nearly collides with stray board, #3 of a 6 frame sequence, Newport Beach.
Location: Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 16835
Sunrise at the Wedge. The Wedge, a notorious and famous shorebreak at the end of the Newport Peninsula, is seen here under a huge dawning sky and sporting a small but fun swell.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 27991
Boomer Beach wave, winter swell, La Jolla, Black's Beach and Torrey Pines in the distance.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30191
Bodysurfer on large Boomer Beach wave, winter swell, La Jolla, Black's Beach and Torrey Pines in the distance.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30196