Sea level change and tectonics collide
The history of the Cretaceous is dramatically exposed near Yotvata, Israel, with light evaporitic gypsum layers separated by green and red shales. Fractures in the shales have been filled by beautiful spider webbed patterns of secondary gypsum, and the entire succession is violently interrupted by a fault
Location
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Dan Killam (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
7.6 MB
Width
5472 px
Height
3648 px
Aspect
3:2
Brand
Pentax
Model
K-S2
Exposure
28 mm f/10 1/800 s ISO 200
Software
lightroom
Taken
10 January 2019
Tint
Light grayish yellowish brown
Submitted
14 February 2019
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