Paleolithic Art and Geological Features

Images showcasing Paleolithic rock-shelters, ancient pictographs, and geological formations, featuring earthy colors and historical context.

USA, Utah. Lone Warrior or Wolfman panel pictographs in San Rafael Swell Recreation Area.

Archaeologist excavating skeleton

Fossilized dinosaur eggs in the Arizona Desert.

Goddard's consultant paleontologist Dr. Lee Monnens verified the track and discovered additional footprints hiding under a thin layer of topsoil in the same rock layer on October 23, 2012.

William Saturno and research team from the Peabody Museum inspecting the mural and excavation, San Bartolo, Guatemala, Maya

Caving Expedition to explore the caves of the Tongzi mastersystem in northern Wulong County, Chongqing Province of China

Following two expeditions in 2011 and 2012 - collection of photographs from the Gouffre Berger cave in the Vercors region of France.

. Perseverance Rover's SHERLOC Studies 'Quartier'. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rock target nicknamed Quartier with the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera belonging to an instrument called SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals). The rover uses a tool to abrade the surface of a rock (as with the circular portion in this image), removing dust, debris and other material that has settled on the rock's outer surface. After that's complete, instruments like SHERLOC can study the rock's composition. The white squares show areas where SHERLOC performed multiple scans with its ultraviolet laser. SHERLOC detected signals within Quartier consistent with organic, carbon-based molecules. If they are organic molecules - something that could be verified only by bringing the samples to Earth for closer study - they would have likely been formed by geological processes as opposed t

In the Toirano cave there are remains of Ursus spelaeus; the cave bear; and of prehistoric man. Savona; Liguria; Italy

Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), 06/09/2015. Archaeological sites of Pinilla del Valle. Neanderthal Valley Project. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), 06/09/2015. Archaeological sites of Pinilla del Valle. Neanderthal Valley Project. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

An SUV-sized Asteroid 2008TC# Impacts on October 7, 2008 in the Nubian Desert, Northern Sudan Dr. Peter Jenniskens, NASA/SETI joined Muawia Shaddas of the University of Khartoum in leading an expedition on a search for samples. Peter Jenniskens finds the brick.

S69-55662 (10 Oct. 1969) --- Astronauts Alan L. Bean (left) and Charles Conrad Jr., the two crewmen of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission who are scheduled to participate in two lengthy periods of extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface, are pictured during a geological field trip and training at a simulated lunar surface area near Flagstaff, Arizona. Here Conrad, the Apollo 12 commander, gets a close look through hand lens at the stratigraphy (study of strata or layers beneath the surface) of a man-dug hole, while Bean, the Apollo 12 mission's lunar module pilot, looks on. The topography in this area, with several man-made modifications, resembles very closely much of the topography found on the lunar surface. While Conrad and Bean explore the lunar surface (plans call for Apollo 12 spacecraft to land in the Sea of Storms), astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, will remain with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.

A841278 U12G BACK BURNER MINEBACK ROD SHEAR (Project Engineer) NOV 5 84 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/5/1984 BACK BURNER; BACK BURNER TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); G-TUNNEL; HOLES; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; METAL BARS; MINEBACK; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; POST SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; BACK BURNER-FINAL SET-UP historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Archaeologists at the roman apartments unearthed at Ephesus, an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, nea...

A cave explorer pushes his way through a tight section of cave

Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), 06/09/2015. Archaeological sites of Pinilla del Valle. Neanderthal Valley Project. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), 06/09/2015. Archaeological sites of Pinilla del Valle. Neanderthal Valley Project. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

A hiker is looking at the handprints, a type of petroglyph called petrosomatoglyphs, likely made by Ancestral Puebloans between 300-1300 AD in Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, United States.

Dr. Robert Weems, emeritus paleontologist for the USGS verifies the recently discovered dinosaur track found on the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center campus. This imprint shows the right rear foot of a nodosaur - a low-slung, spiny leaf-eater - apparently moving in haste as the heel did not fully settle in the cretaceous mud, according to dinosaur tracker Ray Stanford. It was found recently on NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center campus and is being preserved for study. To read more about this discovery go to a href= http //1.usa.gov/P9NYg7 rel= nofollow 1.usa.gov/P9NYg7 /a

Bones in ancient tomb

Experiementers test for nuclear material leakage, Yucca Mountain, AZ, USA.

A88485 U12G GAUGE INCLUSION TEST SHOT DAY CARL SMITH (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 18 88 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/18/1988 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GAUGE INCLUSION TEST; INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS; ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); SHOT DAY; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; U12G GAUGE INCLUSION TEST historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Flea Beetle (Diamphidia nigroornata) larvae used to poison arrows are thought after by Kalahari or Kung Desert Bushman who is digging for them, Namibia

A760434 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF (Project Engineer) MAR 25 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/25/1976 DRILL BITS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; G-TUNNEL; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTING; PICKAXES; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; 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.

An expedition team member struggles to move inside a passage in Dark Star, a limestone cave system in Uzbekistan's Boysuntov Range.

A860234 U12G JUNIOR JADE #2 MINEBACK SMITH, CARL W JAN 28 86 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/28/1986 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; HAMMERS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; JADES; JUNIOR JADE #2; MINEBACK; MINEBACK TO CAVITY; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SMITH, CARL W; TEST SITES; TESTING; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12G JUNIOR JADE #2 - MINEBACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A man uses his phone to photograph a soil sample, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

Man in cave speologist group walking deep inside a cave exploring Copyright: xZoonar.com/tudorxantonelxadrianx 1489781

Archaeologists of the Goethe-University Frankfurt at the scientific recording of rock paintings in the De Riet cave, near De Riet, Huab-Dry River, Kunene region, Namibia, Africa

Solidified lava block in Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Saudi Arabia, Hail Province, Jubbah. Guide describing petroglyphs at the Jubbah rock art site at Ob Sinman Mountain. (Editorial Use Only)

Luc Ebbo, paleontologist. Excavation of the remains of a large specimen of Lamna sp shark about 4m long, partly disintegrated by erosion. Albian, Aubignosc (04), France. Ebbo collection

An expedition team member takes samples from the wall inside Cueva de los Cristales cave on Sarisarinama Tepui.

Boot Footprints in Dry Cracked Earth

Asian female geologist researcher analyzing rocks with a magnifying glass in a natural park. Exploration Geologist in the Field. Stone and ecology concept.

CANADA, ALBERTA, DRUMHELLER, ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM, DINOSAUR DIG, DIG COORDINATOR APRIL RASMUSSEN, BONES

Asymmetric antiform and synform in marble (gray) and quartzite of the Plattenkalk Series, Crete, Greece. Small backpack for scale.

Archaeologists of the Goethe-University Frankfurt at the scientific recording of rock paintings in the De Riet cave, near De Riet, Huab-Dry River, Kunene region, Namibia, Africa

Paramoudras of Jaizkibel, Coastal Massif of Jaizkibel, Basque Country, Spain. Spectacular fossil sandstone concretions formed around the worm burrows living several hundred meters deep, 45 million years ago (Eocene) - These spheres or tubes have a diameter of 20 to 40 cm in diameter and were flexible originally

Researcher examining stalagmite in the caves of Gunung Mulu National Park in Malaysia; Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Ingo Arndt at work taking pictures of hibernating bats in cave, Geramny, picture taken by Rolf Klenk

Speleologist in Baume de Gonvillars cave in France

USA, ALASKA, KODIAK ISLAND, KARLUK, EARLY KONIAG SETTLEMENT, ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG

A760702 U12N MIGHTY EPIC A&F RED SHACK CHARLES GULLICK JR. (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 1 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/1/1976 A&F RED SHACK; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; GULICK, CHARLES, JR.; HOSES; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MIGHTY EPIC; MIGHTY EPIC TEST; MINEBACK; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; POST SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS; ROCKS & MINERALS (MISC); ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; MIGHTY EPIC-MINEBACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Discoveries at Eridu by Sayyid Fuad Safar during excavations of Tell Abu Shahrain. Eridu is the oldest, largest city in Mesopotamia. The image shows the site of Eridu settlers' first temple, in the fifth millennium B.C. Date: 11th Sept 1948

TRINCHERA DOLINA-ES UN RELLENO DE CUEVA DE 15 M QUE CONTIENE SEDIMENTOS DEL PLEISTOCENO MEDIO-(DESDE. Location: Yacimientos. SPAIN.

Nonconformity: 22Ka Ash flow tuff on Eocene metamorphic rock of the metamorphic basement of Santorini, Greece.

Reiche Zeche mine Students test new methods of ore extraction, by means of injections into the mountain

A790752 U12G NUTCRACKER J BOYES(Project Engineer) OCT 24 79EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/24/1979 BOYES, JOHN; DIRT (SOIL); G-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUTCRACKERS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; NUTCRACKER historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Layers at archeology site in a chronological order

An expedition team scans El Cenote inside Conturines Spitze in the Italian Dolomites using a high precision 3D laser scanner.

Dung showing Holes made by Dung Beetles which have hatched, Namibia

West Africa, Niger, Agadez Province, Sahara desert, Tiguidit cliffs, Tahouachi archeological site, the person in charge of the site Bajar Guli next to a dinosaur skull named ""Jobaria"" 135 millions years old discovered by the paleontologist Paul Sereno fr

A770217 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF(Project Engineer) FEB 14 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/14/1977 CRACKED; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FRACTURED; G-TUNNEL; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MARKED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PICKAXES; TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; 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.

High angle view of Nazca lines, Nazca, Peru

Schlammvulkan Gobustan bricht in Baku, Aserbaidschans einzigartiger geologischer Landschaft, mit Schlamm aus Mud erupts from the Gobustan Mud Volcano, showcasing the powerful natural forces at work in Azerbaijan s stunning terrain, in Baku. Visitors are captivated by this fascinating phenomenon LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/KHALEDxELADAWYx 23324456

A photograph taken within a tomb in the Draa Abul-Naga burial site for noblemen on the left bank of the Nile, near the Valley of the Kings. The tomb contains mummies believed to be a goldsmith called Amenemhat, who lived sometime between 1550 BC to 1292 BC

Saudi Arabia, Hail Province, Jubbah. Guide describing petroglyphs at the Jubbah rock art site at Ob Sinman Mountain. (Editorial Use Only)

Germany, near Nebra, Bronze Age, Excavation of Mittelberg hill, burial site of the Sky Disk

Artifact examined by Secretary Gale Norton during her tour of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, near Coolidge, Arizona. The visit, including tours and discussions with National Park Service staff, was part of Secretary's Earth Day-related Western trip

Egypt, Giza plateau, University students document findings in royal production center

A781129 PLANET RANCH, AZ MISER'S BLUFF TOM TAKAHASHI (Project Engineer) AUG 29 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/29/1978 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); EXPLOSIVE TESTS; FENCES; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MISER'S BLUFF; MISER'S BLUFF #1; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR SIMULATION TESTING; PLANET RANCH; PLANET RANCH TEST VALLEY; PLANET RANCH, AZ; TAKAHASHI, TOM; TESTS; WIRE & CABLES; PLANET RANCH-MISER'S BLUFF historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Source, Kenya, Africa

Africa, Egypt, Giza plateau. Dr. Mark Lehner in royal production center.

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Guard in front of an Hadrosaur skeleton

Mining exploration concept with, map, magnifier and core sample, British Columbia, Canada

Infographic about the caves homo neardenthalensis and Cromagnon inhabited in the Palaeolithic that were mostly located in Spain and France. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x8503.

Laboratory, Paleontological Center, Enciso, La Rioja, Spain, Europe.

Stone spiral, which digs spirally into the ground, with evenly arranged stones, The ancient Nazca wells (puquios) near Nazca, Peru

William Saturno and research team inspect looter's trench at San Bartolo excavation of Maya Mural depicting Corn god myth dating prior to 100 AD.

. VERITAS Mission Uses Iceland as Venus Stand-in. To lay the groundwork for NASA's VERITAS mission (Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy), members of the mission's international science team traveled in August 2023 to Iceland, using the island as a stand-in, or analog, for Venus. Using several techniques, the team studied a variety of rocky terrain, including this lava field featuring new rock from a recent flow, to better understand what the VERITAS mission will see when it studies Venus' surface. The VERITAS orbiter will peer through the planet's thick atmosphere with a suite of powerful science instruments to create global maps of the planet's surface - including topography, radar images, rock type, and gravity measurements - as well as detect surface changes. VERITAS is designed to understand what processes are currently active, search for evidence of past and current interior water, and understand the geologic evolution of the planet, illuminating h

Conical shaped mounds created by a termite colony, Namibia, Africa

A770210 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF(Project Engineer) FEB 11 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/11/1977 BROOMS; CRACKED; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FRACTURED; FRACTURES; G-TUNNEL; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MARKED; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PICKAXES; TAPE MEASURES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; 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.

U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark

Grotta Gigante, stalactite cave, largest show cave in the world, two geodetic pendulums for studying earth's tides in the middle, Trieste Karst, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe

Infographic about archaeology and most relevant archaeologists of history. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x3188.

Pinilla del Valle (Madrid), 06/09/2015. Archaeological sites of Pinilla del Valle. Neanderthal Valley Project. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

dinosaur footprints, middle to upper jurassic, geo park Iouaridene, Beni Mellal-Khenifra, Atlas mountain range, morocco, africa.

Fossil found in the shale at Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park, BC, Canada; British Columbia, Canada

Luc Ebbo, paleonthologist and his collection of ammonites. Paleogalerie, Salignac. Ebbo collection

Empty shells of Murex ramosus New Caledonia

Infographic about the Sumer life (2900-2334 BC), a civilisation that developed in antiquity in the Middle-East. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x8503.

Infographic about the kind of living and habits of the homo erectus during the Prehistory (500,000 years ago). Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x8503.

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