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High rock cutting: an upper cliff of rugged orange-yellow dolomite above a pale grey layer, a thin whitish band and lower pale rock, beside a sandy track under a hazy sky. — Dolomite–Shale–Gypsum Succession Exposed in Uptown Cairo, Egypt Ahmed-M- Mohy

Sandstone face in cream, orange and pink with many thin sloping layers cut by flatter bedding surfaces, a pen standing vertically in the middle for scale. — Cross-bedded sandstone of the Taref Formation, Western Desert, Egypt Ahmed-M- Mohy

Close-up of vertical rock layers standing side by side like books on a shelf, alternating pale grey and brown beds of different thickness, some stepped and cracked. — Geological perspectives Maela Baldan

Close-up of an outcrop face with a band of white, crumbly chalky rock full of pale rounded lumps between layers of rusty orange-brown sandstone, in bright sunlight. — Sandstone with Kaolinite Bedding (brittle to semi cohorent) Metwally Hamza

Panorama of snow-covered peaks lit gold by the rising sun, with tilted and folded rock layers on their faces, above a dark forested valley and an icy river. — Sunrise in the Canadian Rockies Stephen Paul Michalchuk

Film poster: a person in a wide-brimmed hat and red neck scarf resting a hand on a layered sediment wall, above the title A Tale of Two Tsunamis, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. — A Tale of Two Tsunamis, Poster Isaac Kerlow

Pale limestone ridges folded into steep, curving bands on scrubby hillsides lit by low evening sun, with a dark green pine forest along the bottom. — La Olla, Aliaga Geological Park Elena Núñez-Guerrero

Tall cliff of pale yellow gypsum layers alternating with green and red shales, crossed by white veins and offset by a sloping fault, with several people at its base for scale. — Sea level change and tectonics collide Dan Killam

Large mountain built of many stacked horizontal rock layers, picked out by lines of snow, rising above a flat brown plain with a fence under a blue sky. — Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland. Amazing landscapes and geological beauties. Matteo Basilici

Tall jagged spire of pale vertical sandstone strata rising out of a hillside covered in dense green trees and shrubs, under a clear blue sky. — Vertical strata of siliceous sandstone (N.P. Los Alcornocales, SW Spain) Antonio Jordán

Huge terraced marble quarry with stepped walls of cut cream blocks, dirt roads winding down to the pit floor and small machines, under a cloudy sky with distant mountains. — Marble quarry west of Alicante, Spain Christoph Mayr

Tilted roadside cut through volcanic deposits showing bold diagonal bands: pale cream and yellow, black, dark brown and reddish layers, with small green plants growing along the lower bands. — History Florian Fuchs

Tall quarry wall in layered volcanic deposits: ochre and grey bands above deep red and dark grey slopes, with a green bush and grass in front and a green date stamp in the corner. — Colors of Racos Vitalie Petra

Vast canyon of layered red, pink and grey rock terraces seen from the rim, with a narrow river glinting deep in a dark inner gorge and yellow-green shrubs in the foreground. — Into the Depths John Clemens

Steep cliff of thin reddish-pink rock layers bent into a gentle fold, rising straight out of a calm green pool that reflects it, with colourful river pebbles on the shore. — Find the fossil Evangelos Alevizos

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