Today Featured
Danxia landform, Zhangye National Geopark, Gansu, China
© Weiquan Lin/Getty Image
Earth's story in stripes. International Geodiversity Day
What if a mountain range could show you its geological history in stripes? At Zhangye National Geopark in China, the rocks do exactly that. Ridges roll across the landscape in bands of red, orange, yellow, brown, and other earthy tones. Known as the Danxia landform, this striking landscape was shaped by layers of sedimentary rock deposited over geological time. Tectonic forces later uplifted and folded the rocks, while weathering and erosion carved them into ridges, cliffs, gullies, and peaks.
Sorano, Tuscany, Italy
Oct 06, 2024
Dallas Divide in southwest Colorado
Oct 06, 2021
Xiechi Lake in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, China
Oct 06, 2020
Aerial view of Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
Oct 06, 2019
Elephant Trunk Hill, Guilin, China
Oct 06, 2015
Moss-covered rocks in Puzzlewood, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Adélie penguins, Antarctica
Château de Castelnaud overlooking the river Dordogne, France
Artemis I moon rocket at Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, June 15, 2022
Grues cendrées en vol à l'aube, lac du Der, France
Brown bear in Silver Salmon Creek, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
Toronto City Hall illuminated at night
Washington State Ferry at sunset, Mukilteo-Clinton passage, Puget Sound, United States
Braided glacial rivers, Iceland
Symphony of the Stones, Garni Gorge, Armenia
El Morro Fortress, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Morning mist over Krün valley, Bavarian Alps, Germany
Village in green valley, Western Pyrenees, France
Sunset-lit sandstone hoodoos, Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, New Mexico, USA
Earthrise over lunar limb, Moon, Space