Accretionary Wedge Call For Posts: Geo-Image Bonanza!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

A post by Anne JeffersonA post by Chris RowanWe’re pleased to announce that the next edition of the geoblogging carnival, The Accretionary Wedge, will be held here (for the first time ever!) at Highly Allochthonous at the end of the month. The theme that we’ve chosen is simple: we want to amass a gallery of all of your favorite geologically themed pictures.
It could be a photograph you’ve taken of an outcrop or process in action; a diagram from a classic geologic paper or text book; a satellite image of an incredible landscape; an optical microscope picture of your favorite mineral; something topical, or an old and inspirational favorite. Whatever strikes your fancy. You might consider writing a little about what your chosen images shows or why you chose it, but wordless entries are OK too. We’re also OK with recycled submissions if you’ve got a post in your archives that fits the carnival theme.
The deadline for submission of posts will be Friday, May 28. To submit your entry, leave a link to in the comments section here or at the Accretionary Wedge blog. We encourage our non-blogging readers to contribute their favorite images as well: we’ll be happy to publish your image here.
NASA's Blue Marble, 2002 edition

NASA’s Blue Marble, 2002


If a picture is worth a thousand words, we should be able to amass an entire visual novel by the month’s end. We look forward to seeing what you all choose!

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    Comments (37)

    4. Lockwood says:
      May 13, 2010 at 1:38 pm

      Ikenna at Failed Rift has left a link at the AW announcement.

    5. Ikenna says:
      May 14, 2010 at 10:43 am

      It seems my entry has already been announced (I wasn’t expecting that)
      There were some problems embedding Google map imagery but it has been solved.
      Ikenna
      Nsukka, Nigeria

    7. Jim Lehane says:
      May 16, 2010 at 3:43 pm

      I posted this on my blog a bit ago but it is one of my favorites. The lens got stuck and I didn’t realize it until I got home.
      http://jazinator.blogspot.com/2010/03/pretty-cool-picture-of-monument-valley.html

    11. Callan Bentley says:
      May 17, 2010 at 3:48 pm

      My favorite photo of the past six months is this lovely example of ptygmatic folding. It makes me happy every time I look at it.

    12. Callan Bentley says:
      May 17, 2010 at 3:57 pm

      And here’s some context for that ptygmatic fold photo.

    15. Anne Jefferson says:
      May 19, 2010 at 4:33 pm

      Per Callan Bentley’s recommendation on Twitter, this image of the mantle “in overdrive” under Alaska has been nominated for the AW: http://news.discovery.com/earth/zooms/earth-mentle-crust-alaska.html

    16. Schmunda says:
      May 20, 2010 at 1:19 am

      I hope, I didn’t spam your comment box but my comment doesn’t show up…
      Here’s my aw#25
      http://schmunda.blogspot.com/2010/05/accretionary-wedge-25-geo-image.html

    17. Michael says:
      May 20, 2010 at 7:02 am

      A predictable contribution can be viewed at http://throughthesandglass.typepad.com/through_the_sandglass/2010/05/beach-patterns-accretionary-wedge-geoimage-bonanza.html
      I’m really looking forward to seeing the diversity of images for this bonanza!

    18. stubotics says:
      May 20, 2010 at 9:44 pm

      Here’s one:
      http://stubotics.com/geoalbum/hematite-R.jpg
      This shows some intersecting hematite sheets in the Pennsylvanian Corbin Sandstone in the Red River Gorge Geological Area of Daniel Boone National Forest, eastern Kentucky. This is near Gray’s Arch. I’m puzzled by how these sheets form, so if anyone can shed light on it post a comment.

    19. Anne Jefferson says:
      May 20, 2010 at 10:33 pm

      Sorry guys, I just discovered that a lot of the entries were getting sent to our spam folder (and we don’t get alerts about spam comments). If anyone else tries to comment and it gets held up, please send Chris or I an email and we’ll liberate it ASAP.

    24. Lockwood says:
      May 24, 2010 at 4:44 pm

      What a turnout! This is going to be a great one. Here’s mine.

    26. Russ Dale says:
      May 28, 2010 at 9:51 am

      here is an entry: visually spectacular conglomerate of the Ogallala/Arikaree formation near the Pawnee Buttes in north eastern Colorado. The buttes rise some 300-feet above the plains.
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/flight0001/4283129331/in/set-72157617689162564/

    27. Russ Dale says:
      May 28, 2010 at 9:57 am

      and one more: Fountain Valley at Roxborough State Park near Denver, Colorado shows sandstone formations belonging to the Fountain Formation and Permian Lyons Formation as well as hogbacks of Cretaceous Dakota sandstone that were all tilted skyward during the rise of the Rocky Mountains.
      http://www.flickr.com/photos/flight0001/3965140613/in/set-72157623946574927/

    32. ontherocks says:
      May 29, 2010 at 3:30 pm

      A shortened, properly-titled version of my original contribution. Hope it meets with approval.
      A couple of photos from the Eagle Mts. of West Texas. http://geosciblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/favorite-geophotos-for-accretionary.html
      With links to more…

    34. Anne Jefferson says:
      May 31, 2010 at 12:12 pm

      The Highly Allochthonous bloggers are hard at work on the Accretionary Wedge. It is going to be awesome. Thanks for all the submissions!

    35. Antonio says:
      May 31, 2010 at 5:55 pm

      http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1356/dscn1940h.jpg
      Overturned syncline at Dog Canyon, Big Bend National Park.

    37. Helena says:
      June 1, 2010 at 9:04 pm

      I hope this entry isn’t too late – I was out looking at rocks! Here it is:
      http://helenaheliotrope.blogspot.com/2010/06/kings-canyon-national-park.html