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: Abandoned meanders of old stream bed across valley, trail to Delicate Arch

: Ablation zone with firn line in distance

: Acadia National Park entrance

: Accretionary oolite on quartz nucleus

: Accumulation zone of Kaskawulsh Glacier

: Acropora palmata, a reef coral

: Active Stalactite

: Active stone rings, Greenland

: Actively moving ‘a‘ā flow, Hawaii

: Aerial Photograph of Bajada

: Aerial View from the South, Mount Rainier

: Aerial view, junction of Green and Colorado Rivers

: Aerial view of cirques, aretes, and horns in Canadian Rockies

: Aerial view of crater and lava lake

: Aerial view of dome in Canyonlands region

: Aerial view of escarpment along north edge of Mesa Verde

: Aerial view of escarpment along north edge of Mesa Verde showing tilted block

: Aerial view of fins and joints in Canyonlands

: Aerial view of Halemaumau crater in Kilauea caldera

: Aerial view of joint set changing into joints and fins in the distance

: Aerial view of lava flow in forest

: Aerial view of Mount Rainier 1

: Aerial view of Mount Rainier 2

: Aerial View of Mt. Rainier

: Aerial view of pediment near Phoenix, Arizona

: Aerial view of road down to Mineral Bottom

: Aerial view of Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands 1

: Aerial view of Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands 2

: Aerial view of Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands 3

: Agave Utahensis flowering stalk

: Ah, the joys of kayaking

: Aialik Bay Coastline

: Airfall tephra layers near Halema u'mau Crater

: Akaka Falls

: Akaka Falls in Akaka Falls State Park

: Alaska Range ?

: Alfisol in glacial till, northeastern Minnesota

: Algae creating red snow in cirque

: Algae whose color reflects water temperature, hot spring inlets, West Thumb Geyser Basin

: Algal stromatolites in Glacier National Park

: Alien species water hyacinth clogging waterway

: Alligator

: Alligator in the Everglades

: Alligator juniper, Juniperus deppeana

: Alligators in fresh-water pond

: Alluvial fan in Death Valley

: Alluvial fans from the air, Death Valley

: Alluvial fans in Death Valley

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University of Iowa

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Title: Geoscience Slides
Creator: Baker, Richard G.
Swett, Keene
Photographer: Baker, Richard G.
Swett, Keene
Date Created: 1961/2006
Description: This collection includes thousands of images of U.S. National Parks taken by University of Iowa Geosciences Department faculty members. Depicted are geological phenomena that highlight the importance of protecting these areas through the national park designation. The digitized 35 mm slides in this collection cover subjects such as fossils, waterfalls, volcanoes, lakes, mountains, and canyons.
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Weathering
Sediments (Geology)
Subject: Time: 1980-1990
1990-2000
Subject: Place: United States
Canada
Archival Collection: Geoscience Slides
Host institution: University of Iowa. Department of Geoscience
Digitization Specifications: Slides scanned on Nikon SuperCoolScan 5000
Date Digital: 2005/2007
Rights Management: This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of R.G. Baker, Geoscience Dept., University of Iowa.
Contact Information: Contact Geosciences Emeritus Professor Richard G. Baker at dick-baker@uiowa.edu.
Item Type (DCMI): Collection
Item Type (AAT): color slides
Item Type (IMT): jpeg