In WoGE #544 Andrew took us to another interesting location in Canada. It seems to me he likes all the geologists to visit his beloved country. Despite the fact that I am not a geologist, he makes it tempting for me to visit his country, but there are so many places in the world that I would have liked to visit. The Athabasca Sand Dunes in Saskatchewan were the desired features to be mentioned in his contest for #544.
The Dunes were formed about 8000 years ago, formed near the end of the Last Glacial period. The sand, washed by meltwater from receding glaciers, emerged when Lake Athabasca declined to its current level.
WoGE #545:
Rules, tips and previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his blog and a KML file is available with all WoGEs.
38.950°, 100.076° Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park, China. Danxia (chinese) means "Red Clouds" and refers as a geomorphical landform to various landscapes in China formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age. WOGE#545 is located in the chinese Qilian Mountains and shows a spectacular area with layered sandstone in various colours being deposited 70-90 million years ago.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe pictures on the ground are SPECTACULAR.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenRight! Google those pictures on the ground, astonishing! Next WoGE is for you, Felix.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAs ist is not possible to compet with this colorful WOGE545:
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHere ist just the opposit:
http://woge-felix.blogspot.de/2016/03/where-on-google-earth-546.html