#rocks — Public Fediverse posts

Held together with hope.

#photography #nature #landscape #scape #sky #clouds #hiking #travel #rocks #rockintuesday #coloraday #bluetue #artyear #eck

Harlequin Ducks and Black Oystercatchers

#photo #photography #bc #notAI #MayneIsland #CampbellPoint #GulfIslandsNationalParkReserve #water #ocean #rocks #birds #PacificOcean

Byssus-like Carbonate of Copper (*Cuprum carbonatum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8396458c-032d-4083-aea8-a56139db75b3

#minerals #geology #green #patterns #rocks #mineralogy #bookillustration #engraving #art #publicdomain

Rugged Edge

The rocky shoreline of California's Muir Beach.

#photo #photooftheday #beaches #california #color #landscapes #muirbeach #nature #northbay #ocean #pacificocean #rocks #sanfranciscobayarea #seastacks #seascapes #surf #unitedstates #waves

🐘 ICYMI: In the pitch-black chambers of #MountElgon's #Kitum Cave, African #savannah #elephants use their tusks to scrape volcanic rock for #sodium, #calcium, and #magnesium.

Generations of herds have hollowed out these deep mineral chambers, passing down an unusual #mining tradition found nowhere else on #Earth.

👉 https://seethis.tv/post/kitum-cave-elephants-mining-salt-mount-elgon-video

#africa #animals #biochemistry #biology #caves #community #culture #elements #geochemistry #geology #health #kenya #minerals #night #rocks #salt #science #tradition #uganda #underground #volcanology #wildlife #nature #tksst #video

atmospheric kirstenbosch.

#nature #naturephotography #natur #naturfotografie #naturaleza #plant #plants #pflanze #pflanzen #flora #mountains #berge #rocks #fotografie #photography #photos #photo #foto #photoftheday #season #summer #sommer #reisen #urlaub #travel #traveling #hike #hiking #wandern #wanderlust #tropisch #tropical #africa #afrika #southafrica #südafrika #zuidafrika #kapstadt #capetown #kultur #african #afrikanisch