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Stone stripes on Catlow Rim in Oregon. A stone stripe, also called a lava stringer, [1] is an elongated concentration of mostly talus-like basalt rock found along a hillside or the base of a cliff. Many stone stripes occur without cliffs. A stone stripe is identified by its lack of vegetative cover.
Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another kind of rock, usually by some combination of heat, pressure, and chemical alteration. Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving deposition, grain by grain, layer by layer, in water or, in the case of terrestrial sediments, on land ...
The tall rocks seem to arise from the ground in a manner somewhat reminiscent of stalagmites, with many looking like petrified trees, thereby creating the illusion of a forest made of stone. Since 2007, two parts of the site, the Naigu Stone Forest ( 乃古石林 ) and Suogeyi Village ( 所各邑村 ), have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites as ...
Indian Rock, Indian Rock Park; Joshua Tree National Park. Skull Rock; Lover's Leap; Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve; Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park; Morro Rock; Mussel Rock; Nine Sisters (aka "The Morros"), San Luis Obispo; Pinnacles National Park; Potato Chip Rock; Rainbow Basin; Red Rock Canyon; Robbers Roost; San Pedro Rock; Santee ...
But in the 1950s, the production of candy canes became automated which made things a whole lot easier. Red stripes and peppermint flavor were added as a result to appeal to a mass audience and the ...
Geoglyphs on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest. A geoglyph is a large design or motif – generally longer than 4 metres (13 ft) – produced on the ground by durable elements of the landscape, such as stones, stone fragments, gravel, or earth.
Patterns in Nature. Little, Brown & Co. Stewart, Ian (2001). What Shape is a Snowflake? Magical Numbers in Nature. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Patterns from nature (as art) Edmaier, Bernard. Patterns of the Earth. Phaidon Press, 2007. Macnab, Maggie. Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms and Principles in Design. New Riders, 2012. Nakamura, Shigeki.
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