Fossils and Rock Engravings

A collection of geological and archaeological images, showcasing fossils, ancient rock engravings, and various geological formations in diverse environments.

scales scales, Lepidotes maximus, La Rioja Paleontological Interpretation Centre, Igea, La Rioja , Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22153315
scales scales, Lepidotes maximus, La Rioja Paleontological Interpretation Centre, Igea, La Rioja , Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22153315
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This image acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft is of the northernmost land in the world is located in Pearyland, Greenland. This is a land of permanent snows, glaciers, and 24-hours of daylight during the summer months.
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Arizona, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Canyon del Muerto. Antelope House Ruins, Navajo pictographs of antelope & wildlife.
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Minerals: Drying lignite
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A740439 U12G HFS #9 MINEBACK BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAY 20 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/20/1974 CAVERNS; CAVES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; HFS; HFS #9 MINEBACK; HOLES; MINES; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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November 29, 2005 - The impact of an asteroid or comet several hundred million years ago, according to scientists, left scars in the landscape that are still visible in this International Space Station/Expedition 12 picture of an area in the Sahara Desert of northern Chad. The concentric ring structure is the Aorounga impact crater, with a diameter of about 17 kilometers (10.5 miles). The original crater was buried by sediments, which were then partially eroded to reveal the current ring-like ap
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Prehistoric rock art, Wadi Qida, Musandam, Oman, Asia
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Pre historic rock paintings at Porivarai in Karikkiyur near Kotagiri, Nilgiris. Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia
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Large Elm Bark Beetle (Scolytus scolytus) damage to tree by burrowing activities
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A740441 U12G HFS #9 MINEBACK BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAY 20 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/20/1974 CAVERNS; CAVES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; HFS; HFS #9 MINEBACK; HOLES; MINES; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PIPES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Marcellus Shale natural gas bearing rock showing natural fracturing gas extracted using controversial fracking or hydraulic fracturing New York, USA Date:
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Fossilisation (fossilis)
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Model depicting what Barcelona looked like 2 Million years ago. Dated 21st Century
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Azurite mineral Mining and Mineral Museum Phoenix, Arizona
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Niger, Agadez, Iouelene. Ancient hunter-gatherer rock engravings of people and cattle several thousand years old.
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Calc-silicate marble. Proterozoic Castner Marble, Franklin Mountains, Texas (100129-40)
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Famous prehistoric rock paintings of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria
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Unesco Heritage: Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru - Condor
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South America - Peru - Nazca Lines - Mysterious line formation called The Spider
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Johannsenite, silicate, from Veneto, Italy.
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Turtle shell (Glarichelys sp) from the Alpine Oligocene associated with the disarticulated remains of a large fish. 50cm. Luc Ebbo collection. Paleogalerie, Salignac. Ebbo collection
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Petroglyphs of Vigirima, also known as Tronconero's Painted Stone, Piedra Pintada archaeological site, San Esteban National park, Carabobo state, Venezuela, South America
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Niger, Agadez, Tirreghamis. A large ancient hunter-gatherer rock engraving of a human male figure 3,000-4,000 years old.
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Libya, Fezzan, Akakus, prehistoric graffiti of Ti Tabora
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Rinconada Canyon unit of Petroglyph National Monument
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Aerial view on lines in agricultural field of mature wheat Above top view, strange simple drawings with lines in mature wheat crop, UFO design, alien art. Copyright: xZoonar.com/kadarjan_romanyahoo.comx 22819760
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A rock fragment dubbed 'Lamoose' is shown in this picture taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. Like other nearby rocks in a portion of the 'Marias Pass' area of Mt. Sharp, Mars, it has unusually high concentrations of silica.
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Cross-section of a tree trunk with annual rings
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A740787 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) SEP 23 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/23/1974 CRACKED EARTH (GROUND); CRACKS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HYDRA FRAC; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MEASURED; MEASUREMENT & RELATIONSHIP; MEASURING EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCK FORMATIONS; ROCK STRUCTURES; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); RULERS (EXC DRAWING INSTRUMENT; SUPPORT PLATES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Log Cut surface Annual rings
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This image of a target called 'Private Joseph Field' combines four images from the microscopic imager on the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, with enhanced color information added from the rover's panoramic camera.
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Fossil bones of a Thunderbird, a flightless giant bird resembling a heavy ostrich, found only in Australia that survived until about 26 000 years ago. Riversleigh Section, Boodjamulla National Park, northwest, Queensland, Australia
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fossilized mussel in heart form in New Zealand
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Nazca lines from the aircraft Mysterious figures Nazca desert from the aircraft Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 11449140
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Petroglyphs dating from Nabatean period
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The mission's science team assessed the bright particles in this scooped pit to be native Martian material rather than spacecraft debris as seen in this image from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity as it collected its second scoop of Martian soil.
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Circle shell fossil
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A89989 U12G DGS#2 MINEBACK CARL SMITH (Project Engineer) JUL 27 89 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/27/1989 DGS; DGS #2; DGS II MINEBACK; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); G-TUNNEL; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MINEBACK; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; ROCKS; TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; DGS #2-MINEBACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Fossilised Ilex chiavoni leaf, Aquifoliaceae.
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This image shows where NASA's Curiosity rover aimed two different instruments to study a rock known as 'Jake Matijevic.' The red dots are where ChemCam zapped the rock with its laser.
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A740437 U12G HFS #9 MINEBACK BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAY 20 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/20/1974 CAVES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; HFS; HFS #9 MINEBACK; HOLES; MINES; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PICKAXES; PIPES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Mesolimulus walchii fossil, Xiphosura, Late Jurassic Epoch.
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Stylolites in limestone, which consist of insoluble material, can form by dissolution creep during compaction or other deformation of rock.
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Detailed line formations of the Nazca lines, visible from above in Peru, the geoglyphs and drawings in the desert near Nasca and Palpa in Peru
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Fossil Crustacean - Extinct marine invertebrate, Jurassic (Eryon arctiformis). Solnhofen, Germany.
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close-up of cave painting
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Geometric lines form complex geoglyphs in an arid desert environment, the geoglyphs and drawings in the desert near Nasca and Palpa in Peru
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A831507 SAFEGUARD SENSOR RECOVERY GLEN ELLIOTT (Project Engineer) NOV 28 83EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/28/1983 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GRAVEL; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RECOVERY; ROCKS; ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; SENSOR RECOVERY; SENSORS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; SAFEGUARD-SENSOR RECOVERY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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A820725 U12G RS-16 MINEBACK SMITH, CARL W MAY 13 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/13/1982 16; COMPLEX; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MINEBACK; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RS-16 MINEBACK; SMITH, CARL W; TEST SITES; TESTING; TUNNELS; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12G - RS-16 MINEBACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Aerial view of whale drawing, Nazca Lines, Peru
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The Spider, Nazca Lines, UNESCO world heritage site, in Nasca or Nazca, Peru, South America
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Spinifex Grass (Triodia pungens) seedling in red sand showing track made by wind, Strzelecki Desert, South Australia, Australia
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Dragonfly Fossil - Ceara - Brazil . from Santana Formation - Lower Cretaceous.
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Mysterious figures Nazca desert from the aircraft
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Fossil Crinoid - Siphocrinite sp. - Ordovician - Morocco
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Prehistoric rock drawings, Tadrart Valley, Akakus Mountains, Sahara, Libya, Africa
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fossil alligator eocene period wyoming
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Opportunity Looks Ahead on Sol 274
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Naturalists have discovered footprints of Sauropod Dinosaurs