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Amazingly surreal Las Pozas in the rainforest by Xilitla in the Mexico mountains. Created by Edward James in the 40′s, it includes more than 80 acres of natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering surrealist sculptures and buildings. The many trails throughout the garden site are composed of steps, ramps, bridges and narrow, winding walkways that traverse the valley walls. It was supposed to be a “Garden of Eden” containing a huge variety of plants and animals. 

This world isn't ready for geocore. This world can't handle it. It's too powerful. Imagine turning every aspect of geology and geologists into a fun aesthetic... All the nerdy rock puns, sciencey bits, dirt digging, bone and stone hoarding glory of geology turned into a fun little collection of pics and beautiful writing to perfectly capture the feelings of geology.

We can make beautiful poetry about the gorgeous array of colors inside a single stone or silly little ones like "hot hot rock, rock so hot, bake on it potatoe tot". Y'all. Geocore would fucking slap as an aesthetic thing. It'd be like normal geology but with more.

Phlogopite and quartz

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When you see Moraine Lake for the first time in person 😍😍

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I still remember being in complete disbelief of the actual water color of this beautiful Canadian lake! Today I’m excited to be headed to upstate New York for a few days in search of more awe and more lakes aha 🙌

Happy Fossil Friday! Even though this animal looks like a big lizard, it is one of the early relatives of mammals: meet Edaphosaurus! It lived 280 million years ago, in the Permian Period. The key feature that tells us Edaphosaurus is related to mammals? The synapsid opening behind each eye socket. Photo: © AMNH

this video is like every facet of what it is to be a cat, all at once

An incredible piece of petrified wood I found a little while ago. Where, you ask? In the decorative gravel outside a pizza place near me. Yes, really.

Seriously, take a look through some of those bits of landscaping next time you're around one. I have found large, nearly whole brachiopods, petrified wood, agates....stuff I never thought I'd just find. And gravel for those is typically sourced from local gravel pits, more or less, so it will be stuff that's from wherever you are, just concentrated :)

Glendonite star fossil

This fossil is not of an animal, but a mineral. When sea water temperature at the seafloor drops below ~4°C/39°F a carbonate mineral called ikaite will start to precipitate and grow forming bizarre shapes. Even though the original mineral will dissolve once it is buried, other diagenetic minerals will replace its form, making a glendonite.

Gledonite/Ikaite and its specific forming conditions allow geologist to approximate climatic conditions for the time period captured by the rocks in which this mineral is found.

Thanks to the flat exposure on the rock platform, we can appreciate this nature’s creativity.

Example from the south coast NSW, Australia.

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