Many times our 🌍 show us extraordinary natural phenomena!

A good example is the Richat Structure aka the Eye of a circular geological feature in Mauritania 🇲🇷.

It has a diameter of approximately 40 kilometers & can be easily spotted from 🛰️🇪🇺!

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Day 2 of 'Favourite item'

In 1841 Thomas Sopwith produced these models to teach geology- the study of the Earth. The various types of wood represent different geological formations. models were personally gifted to Oxford geologist William Buckland.

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In 2014 Durham Cathedral was listed by the Geological Society as one of the best Geosites in Britain for its sandstone & Frosterley marble. Frosterley marble is a black limestone containing 325 million year old fossil corals & crinoids of the Carboniferous Period.

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Geological Political Drama
also a test to see if this makes the page more legible on web twitter.

Read from the beginning: https://t.co/5CwIsmC4ES

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This we're loving 😍 the beautiful illustrations of Liassic fossils from Stanford's Geological Atlas of Great Britain, 1904.

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February 16, 1832, the crew of the HMS Beagle disembarked to explore a tiny set of islands off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. Charles recognized they were made from serpentinite thanks to a geological field trip done in 1831 ⚒️ https://t.co/xqCG886S8t

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The Fruita Paleo Area (FPA for short) is one of many amazing localities that preserves such a diversity of fossils and geologic features that it can be difficult to make sense of. But one of the unique things about it is that it preserves tiny animals & giants.

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February 6, 1796, birthday of John S. Henslow, botanist & professor of mineralogy who introduced Charles into 🌼🌿 https://t.co/gX0SPyEZb8 💎⚒
Geological map of Anglesey made in 1821 by Henslow

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February 5, 1770, birthday of French naturalist & mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart. Together with Cuvier he published one of the 1st stratigraphic sections & geological maps in 1808, showing the stratigraphy of the basin of Paris
https://t.co/4SHUDIfYdF

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"Geological Formation" - Neural style transfer from photo to vector illustration.

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Our first talk of 2020 Monday 13th January 'Is UK geothermal about to become of age?' by Dr Jonathan Busby of British Geological Survey.

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On the 6th … 6 maps by Prichard. A collection of 6 ethnographical maps illustrative of The Natural History of Man by J C Prichard (1851) holds over 40,000 geological maps and atlases - search here https://t.co/XAMPryKQ57

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An Astronaut have for mission to map sections of the moons Geological surface. That was until an accident leaves him helpless in the most isolated place known to man.


https://t.co/Ca5j3TkdEQ

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But no, really, THANK YOU! Here's to another 17 years... or 17,000.

Also brand spankin' new (especially by geological standards): BEAVER MOON perfume and tee shirt.
https://t.co/uyShj83DEJ

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After reading about deep geological repository
I think I got some Made in Abyss fan theories.

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. The collaboration with and the integration of geological and biological objects enriches both the art and the ‚natural objects‘ as well as blurring boundaries.

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Rare, gemmy, Rhodocrosite crystals from Peru.

Photo: geologicgallery


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the concept sketches I created for album "THE AUTUMN BELL"

it's always cool to work with more abstract elements. the lines present the geological strata, which is a symbol for the passing of time. :)

https://t.co/LmxFUtwwwS

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is a rare opportunity to see a series of intricate hand-coloured maps by contemporary artist alongside a copy of the first geological map of England, Wales and Scotland by William ‘Strata’ Smith 👉👉👉 at The Crescent Scarborough

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