A cheeky wink in time
by Grace Shephard, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
The rock knows a secret. This outcrop is from an island in the Oslo fjord in Norway (60°N latitude), which from a general geology view is a Permian rift graben surrounded by Precambrian basement and interspersed with Late Paleozoic sediments. This particular boulder has a face full of orange lichen and a curious wink and smile - maybe it is just reminiscing the longer past summers from when it was formed at lower latitudes (around 20°N, current latitude of Cuba).
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- Europe (3707)
- Northern Europe (869)
- Norway (157)
- Exact location (10.6121 E, 59.8208 N)
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Canon EOS 450D
Taken on 11
June
2014
Submitted on 4 February 2018
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Grace Shephard (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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