Photograph by Danny Satterfield.
Photography contest, Honorable Mention.
Banded gneiss on east coast of Greenland, south of Qaanaaq.
14 Comments
ksplawn · 18 March 2013
Very gneiss!
apokryltaros · 18 March 2013
ksplawn said:
Very gneiss!
One geologist hands a chunk of hornfel to another geologist who wanted a piece of granite. A third geologist comments: "It's not gneiss to mistake someone for granite."
*dodges rocks*
Paul Burnett · 18 March 2013
Geologists are gneiss, tuff, and a little wacke.
Ian Derthal · 18 March 2013
are these some of the oldest terrestrial rocks by any chance ?
https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 18 March 2013
Gneiss banding, anyhow. Not to drive a pun into the ground. No, wait, it's buried.
Very nice rock. I didn't know that such large bands showed up in gneiss, although I don't really know the scale--yet it can't be a small cliff.
According to the gnomic knowledge of The Hu Gnu, gnomes, after gnarring and gnashing their gnarly teeth, re-sharpen them by gnawing on gneiss.
Henry J · 20 March 2013
Mike Elzinga said:
According to the gnomic knowledge of The Hu Gnu, gnomes, after gnarring and gnashing their gnarly teeth, re-sharpen them by gnawing on gneiss.
Well that's not gneiss of them!
At that rate, we won't be able to take rock formations for granite!
gnome de net · 20 March 2013
Mike Elzinga said:
According to the gnomic knowledge of The Hu Gnu, gnomes, after gnarring and gnashing their gnarly teeth, re-sharpen them by gnawing on gneiss.
Uh...even gnomes de net?
JimboK · 20 March 2013
Paul Burnett said:
Geologists are gneiss, tuff, and a little wacke.
And they're often full of schist...
balloonguy · 20 March 2013
Heart breaker, dream maker, love taker, Gneissmaker!
14 Comments
ksplawn · 18 March 2013
Very gneiss!
apokryltaros · 18 March 2013
Paul Burnett · 18 March 2013
Geologists are gneiss, tuff, and a little wacke.
Ian Derthal · 18 March 2013
are these some of the oldest terrestrial rocks by any chance ?
https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 18 March 2013
Gneiss banding, anyhow. Not to drive a pun into the ground. No, wait, it's buried.
Very nice rock. I didn't know that such large bands showed up in gneiss, although I don't really know the scale--yet it can't be a small cliff.
Glen Davidson
John Harshman · 19 March 2013
Who knew that gneiss banding was fractal?
JimboK · 19 March 2013
(Shouldn't that be west instead of east?)
Mike Elzinga · 20 March 2013
According to the gnomic knowledge of The Hu Gnu, gnomes, after gnarring and gnashing their gnarly teeth, re-sharpen them by gnawing on gneiss.
Henry J · 20 March 2013
gnome de net · 20 March 2013
JimboK · 20 March 2013
balloonguy · 20 March 2013
Heart breaker, dream maker, love taker, Gneissmaker!
SWT · 20 March 2013
I'm confused by all the geology references -- the picture is clearly a tribute to one of the foundational progressive rock bands.
fnxtr · 21 March 2013