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Earth’s Landscapes

August 3, 2010. Earth’s Landscapes. What can geologic formations found on Earth tell you?. What can Earth Landscapes tell us about Mars?. Creeks in the Appalachian Mts. What is this?. River meandering to the sea. Mississippi River Delta. Describe the landforms you see.

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Earth’s Landscapes

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  1. August 3, 2010 Earth’s Landscapes

  2. What can geologic formations found on Earth tell you?

  3. What can Earth Landscapes tell us about Mars?

  4. Creeks in the Appalachian Mts What is this?

  5. River meandering to the sea

  6. Mississippi River Delta Describe the landforms you see

  7. Alluvial Fan - deposition

  8. Alluvial Fan

  9. Glaciers

  10. Muir Glacier (1941) (2004) Jackson Glacier

  11. Drumlins

  12. More Drumlins – elongated hills

  13. Striations – Glacial scraping

  14. Glacial Lakes (Finger Lakes, NY)

  15. What can this tell you? Dry lake bed

  16. Aral sea

  17. Aral Sea

  18. What can the white sediment tell us? Great Salt Lake, Utah

  19. Great Salt Lake, Utah

  20. What are these? Sinkholes (Arizona)

  21. Guatemala City, Guatemala - June 2010

  22. Sinkholes

  23. What does this show? Meteor Crater, Arizona

  24. Meteor Crater, Arizona

  25. What is this? Meteor Crater, Arizona

  26. Images from Space…

  27. Eberswalde Crater, Mars

  28. Drumlins in Canada

  29. Sinkholes? On Mars

  30. Las Bayas, Argentina – following landslide

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