Earth Sciences Collection (page 5)

Devonian slates C017 / 8324
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8323
Devonian slates and seaweed. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8320
Devonian slates and mussels. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8321
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8317
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8318
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8319
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8312
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8316
Devonian slates and mussels. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8314
Devonian slates and barnacles. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8315
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Devonian slates C017 / 8313
Devonian slates. Close-up of banded Devonian coastal rocks and coloured slates at Polzeath, Cornwall, UK. Slate is a metamorphic rock

Mudstone and shale cliff, Dorset C017 / 8237
Mudstone and shale cliff, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK. This view shows the rock strata and alternating layers of bitumous shale (grey) and calcareous mudstone (brown)

Chebarkul meteorite fragment recovery C017 / 8022
Chebarkul meteorite fragment recovery. Ropes and strapping around the largest (as of October 2013) meteorite fragment recovered by divers from Lake Chebarkul

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania C015 / 6430
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This gorge (also called Oldupai Gorge) is famous for the fossils discovered here of extinct hominins that form part of the human evolutionary tree

Olduvai Gorge basalt, Tanzania C015 / 6428
Olduvai Gorge basalt. Basalt stones at the Olduvai River in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. This gorge (also called Oldupai Gorge)

White smoker hydrothermal vents, artwork C016 / 5350
Protocell hydrothermal vents. Artwork of bubbles rising upwards from white smoker hydrothermal vents. These bubbles are being used to represent

Henry de la Beche, British geologist C016 / 4999
Henry Thomas de la Beche (1796-1855), British geologist. De la Beche served in the Napoleonic wars and at their conclusion gave up an army career and devoted himself to geology

William Smith, British geologist C016 / 4896
William Smith (1769-1839), British geologist. The son of a blacksmith, Smith became a canal surveyor, which allowed him to study geology

NHM Geology Department staff, 1881 C016 / 4882
NHM Geology Department staff, 1881. Standing (left to right): Arthur Smith Woodward (1864-1944), William Davies (1814-1891) and Richard Bullen Newton (1854-1926)

Sea surface temperature, 2010 global map C016 / 3800
Sea surface temperature, 2010 global map. The worlds oceans are heated by sunlight, with variations in the surface temperature caused by varying latitude, the Earths rotation, and axial tilt

Sea surface salinity, 2012 global map C016 / 3796
Sea surface salinity, 20 January 2012 global map. The salinity (salt content) of the sea surface, used in climate models, depends on sea surface temperature and evaporation, winds

Copper-bearing rocks, Tenerife C013 / 7100
Copper-bearing rocks in Teide National Park, Tenerife, the Canary Islands. This national park is centred on the volcano Mount Teide. Copper forms several ores, with the one here being green in colour

Copper-bearing rocks, Tenerife C013 / 7099
Copper-bearing rocks in Teide National Park, Tenerife, the Canary Islands. This national park is centred on the volcano Mount Teide. Copper forms several ores, with the one here being green in colour

Geology tourism, Tenerife C013 / 7101
Geology tourism. Group of tourists visiting Teide National Park, Tenerife, the Canary Islands. This national park is centred on the volcano Mount Teide

Copper-bearing rocks, Tenerife C013 / 7098
Copper-bearing rocks in Teide National Park, Tenerife, the Canary Islands. This national park is centred on the volcano Mount Teide. Copper forms several ores, with the one here being green in colour

Global thought, conceptual artwork
Global thought. Conceptual computer artwork of a man sitting on a human brain in front of a globe of the Earth. This could represent humans thinking about global issues such as global warming

Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist
A reproduction of a portrait of Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov

Greek letter Sigma, upper case
Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7 rather than 6 because the letter digamma (also called stigma as a Greek numeral)

Greek letter Upsilon, lower case
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and represents various concepts in many sciences including physics and chemistry

Global thought, conceptual image
Global consciousness, conceptual image. Map of the Earths continents inside the silhouette of a human head. This could represent humans thinking about global issues such as global warming

Greenhouse effect, conceptual artwork. Planet Earth surrounded by a greenhouse while being warmed by the Sun. Abnormally high levels of gases are being produced by human activity

Energy saving ideas, conceptual image. Energy-saving bulb inside the silhouette of a human head. This could represent humans thinking up ways to solve environmental issues such as global warming

Sea stack formations

Aurora watching, time-exposure image
Aurora watching. Time-exposure image of an aurora watcher by a fire, observing an auroral display in the northern hemisphere

Atlantic Ocean currents, artwork. The currents are the Gulf Stream (red, warm surface water), the North Atlantic Drift (orange, also warm surface water)

Rocky coastline

Carbon dioxide levels, Atlantic, 2003
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels centred on the Atlantic Ocean, satellite data. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming

Valley of Fire, Nevada, USA
Valley of Fire state park Nevada USA

Geyser Valley, Kamchatka, Russia. Steam rising from a hillside in the geothermal area of Geyser Valley, the second-largest geothemal area in the world

Global methane concentration, 2004
Global methane concentration. Map showing the concentration of methane (CH4) gas in the stratosphere (about 10-50 kilometres in altitude) on 25th July 2004

Cavansite on mordenite. Cavansite (calcium vanadium silicate) has a rich blue colour that arises from the hydrous nature of its crystals

Sea floor spreading, artwork
Sea floor spreading. Artwork showing three stages in the process of sea floor spreading. The process takes millions of years and it is the process by which the continents move over the Earth

Earth layers, artwork
Earth layers. Cutaway computer artwork showing the layers that make up the structure of the Earth and the movement (arrows) of molten lava within them

Antarctic ozone hole, 2009
Antarctic ozone hole. Satellite image of the ozone hole (blue) over Antarctica (centre) on 10th September 2009. Ozone layer thicknesses are colour coded from purple (lowest) through blue

Greenland, artwork
Greenland. Artwork of the Arctic island of Greenland, as seen from space. This view looks north, towards the Arctic pack ice on the Earths curved limb

Climate change, conceptual image. The burning of coal produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming

Noctilucent clouds, ISS image
Noctilucent clouds. International Space Station (ISS) image of the limb of the Earth, showing noctilucent clouds (polar mesospheric clouds, across top) in the upper atmosphere

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