Natural Patterns: Rocks and Cliffs

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Image 1. Rockface, Canadian Rockies

Image 2. Rockface, northern California coast

Image 3. Near Forcalquier, Provence

Image 4. Beach rock near Mendocino, California

Image 5. Limestone rockface near Forcalquier, Provence

Image 6. Joshua Tree National Monument, California

Image 7. Cliff face above a beach near Mendocino, California

Image 8. Cliff face above a beach near Mendocino, California

Image 9. Chiracahua National Monument, Arizona
The yellow color is a lichen on the rocks, probably a species of Acarospora.
Photograph by Sylvia Sharnoff

Image 10. Rounded rocks, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Image 11. Enchanted Rock State Park, Texas
The green, orange and black colors are lichen growing on the rock

Image 12. Enchanted Rock State Park, Texas
The green, orange and black colors are lichen growing on the rock

Image 13. Rocky Mountains boulders
Photograph by Sylvia Sharnoff

Image 14. Stream boulders with Triglochin maritima, foreground, Sierra Nevada, CA

Image 15. Glacial polish on granite, Yosemite National Park

Image 16. Near Forcalquier, Provence

Image 17. Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Image 18. Basalt columns, southern British Columbia

Image 19. Cracked limestone, Provence

Image 20. A granite boulder, Stanislaus National Forest, Sierra Nevada

Image 21. Lichen-covered rocks, Texas
Photograph by Sylvia Sharnoff

Image 22. Rocks, Joshua Tree National Park, California

Image 23. Buckskin Gulch, Utah

Image 24. Basalt rockface in Diablo Canyon, west of Santa Fe, NM

Image 25. Rock outcrop above a beach near Mendocino, California

Image 26. Rockface, Joshua Tree National Park, California

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