1665 pictures found
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Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) during basking in the morning, Arches national park, Utah, USA
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) during basking in the morning, Arches national park, Utah, USA
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Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) emerging from its nest in an old sandstone wall, France
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) emerging from its nest in an old sandstone wall, France
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Puma (Puma concolor) leaping on a rocky ledge, USA
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Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years;they are generally observed in the combat zone, where no other species can survive extreme conditions, and their roots are slowly exposed by erosion over the centuries
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Blackjack pines and Hoodoos - Bryce Canyon NP Utah USA ; Amphiteatre
Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Blackjack pines and Hoodoos - Bryce Canyon NP Utah USA ; Amphiteatre
Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and marl colored by iron oxides and carved by erosion in an amphitheater of hoodoos (pinnacles) arches and bridgesThe reflected light (spectral) from sunrise sun enriched natural polychrome these high walls sometimes nearly 50 meters
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Dome Navajo sandstone - Grand Staircase-Escalante NM Utah ; Petrified wave
The Navajo Sandstone is from wind (petrified dunes) and date from the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Dome Navajo sandstone - Grand Staircase-Escalante NM Utah ; Petrified wave
The Navajo Sandstone is from wind (petrified dunes) and date from the early Jurassic (desert on the west side of Pangaea)
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Eroded sandstone massif Jaizkibel Basque Country Spain
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Sunrise at Mesa Arch stone arch, Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Utah, United States, North America
© Michael Rucker / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
© Michael Rucker / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
Sunrise at Mesa Arch stone arch, Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Utah, United States, North America
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Roots of an old tree with a Bryce canyon national park in background, Utah, USA
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
© Tonči Maletic / Biosphoto
Roots of an old tree with a Bryce canyon national park in background, Utah, USA
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Bead polisher (?) in sandstone. Neolithic period. mali. 10cm.
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Bead polisher (?) in sandstone. Neolithic period. mali. 10cm.
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Bracelet fragment. Sandstone. Mali, Neolithic. 4 inches.
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
© Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
Bracelet fragment. Sandstone. Mali, Neolithic. 4 inches.
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From the Peña Foratata, view of the Permian red sandstone from the Peña Collarada to the Anayet (ancient volcano), Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
From the Peña Foratata, view of the Permian red sandstone from the Peña Collarada to the Anayet (ancient volcano), Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Hohenfels Castle, ruined medieval castle on a rocky outcrop, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Hohenfels Castle, ruined medieval castle on a rocky outcrop, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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'Trembling stone' sandstone rock in equilibrium, Massif des Vosges, Orbey, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
© Jean-Claude Louchet / Biosphoto
© Jean-Claude Louchet / Biosphoto
'Trembling stone' sandstone rock in equilibrium, Massif des Vosges, Orbey, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
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Tables, Tabular rocks, Vosges sandstone, Alsace, France
© Jean-Claude Louchet / Biosphoto
© Jean-Claude Louchet / Biosphoto
Tables, Tabular rocks, Vosges sandstone, Alsace, France
© Jean-Claude Louchet / Biosphoto
Sandstones of Annot, Alpes de Haute Provence, France.
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Trunk of tree horsetail (Calamites) fossilised in Carboniferous sandstone, planted with maritime pine. Diameter 30 cm - length 3 metres - Calamites
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Trunk of tree horsetail (Calamites) fossilised in Carboniferous sandstone, planted with maritime pine. Diameter 30 cm - length 3 metres - Calamites is a genus of fossil plants of the Sphenophyta group, close to horsetails. Like horsetails, Calamites has articulated stems and sometimes reduced, whorled leaves. The genus lived in the Carboniferous period between 360 and 300 Ma (millions of years ago), Grand Combe, Gard, France
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Pins et lichens sur du grès dans le Parc Naturel régional des Vosges du Nord. Réserve du Pays de Bitche, Moselle, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Pins et lichens sur du grès dans le Parc Naturel régional des Vosges du Nord. Réserve du Pays de Bitche, Moselle, France
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Remarkable beech forest in the Parc des Vosges du Nord, France.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Remarkable beech forest in the Parc des Vosges du Nord, France. The acidiphilous beech is the climatic forest that naturally develops on the dominant soil type (Vosges sandstone) and in the climatic conditions of the Vosges du Nord-Pfälzerwald Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve.
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Remarkable beech forest in the Parc des Vosges du Nord, France. The acidiphilous beech is the climatic forest that naturally develops on the dominant
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Remarkable beech forest in the Parc des Vosges du Nord, France. The acidiphilous beech is the climatic forest that naturally develops on the dominant soil type (Vosges sandstone) and in the climatic conditions of the Vosges du Nord-Pfälzerwald Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve.
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Remarkable beech forest in the Parc des Vosges du Nord, France.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Remarkable beech forest in the Parc des Vosges du Nord, France. The acidiphilous beech is the climatic forest that naturally develops on the dominant soil type (Vosges sandstone) and in the climatic conditions of the Vosges du Nord-Pfälzerwald Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve.
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Le rocher de l'Homme, near Dambach, remarkable sandstone rock in
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Le rocher de l'Homme, near Dambach, remarkable sandstone rock in the Vosges du Nord Regional Park, France
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Bare ridges of eroded sandstone in the badlands of the Tabernas Desert, Europe's only true desert. Aerial view. Drone shot. Almería
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
Bare ridges of eroded sandstone in the badlands of the Tabernas Desert, Europe's only true desert. Aerial view. Drone shot. Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
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Lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus), group on pink sandstone rock, Cotes-d'Armor, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Lined top shell (Phorcus lineatus), group on pink sandstone rock, Cotes-d'Armor, France
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Petroglyphs. With a "Atlal" (Spear-thrower) Probably "Gypsum
© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
Petroglyphs. With a "Atlal" (Spear-thrower) Probably "Gypsum people". between 2000B.C. -200A.D. Valley of fire Nevada.
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Petroglyphs. With a "Atlal" (Spear-thrower) Probably "Gypsum people". between 2000B.C. -200A.D. Valley of fire Nevada.
© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
© Daniel Heuclin / Biosphoto
Petroglyphs. With a "Atlal" (Spear-thrower) Probably "Gypsum people". between 2000B.C. -200A.D. Valley of fire Nevada.
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Hermitage of San Cristobal walled into the wall (mimetic with the
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Hermitage of San Cristobal walled into the wall (mimetic with the rock), located at the base of the rocky peak, Aragon, Spain.
© Yann Avril / Biosphoto
Pink sandstone at Falkenstein Castle, Autumn, Moselle, France
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The famous lion panel at the Twyfelfontein rock engravings west of the town of Khorixas. World Heritage Site. Damaraland, Kunene Region, Namibia.
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
© Thomas Dressler / Biosphoto
The famous lion panel at the Twyfelfontein rock engravings west of the town of Khorixas. World Heritage Site. Damaraland, Kunene Region, Namibia.
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Crustacean lichen (Solenopsora cesatii) on sandstone from Annot,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustacean lichen (Solenopsora cesatii) on sandstone from Annot, Alpes de Haute Provence, France
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Crustacean lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on Annot sandstone, Lac des Sagnes, Haute Ubaye, Southern Alps, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Crustacean lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on Annot sandstone, Lac des Sagnes, Haute Ubaye, Southern Alps, France
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The lake of Lignin in the Haut Verdon, high altitude lake (2300 m) surrounded by a peat bog and overhung by Annot sandstone, Haute Vallée de la
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The lake of Lignin in the Haut Verdon, high altitude lake (2300 m) surrounded by a peat bog and overhung by Annot sandstone, Haute Vallée de la Lance, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France
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The lake of Lignin in the Haut Verdon, high altitude lake (2300
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The lake of Lignin in the Haut Verdon, high altitude lake (2300 m) surrounded by a peat bog and overhung by Annot sandstone, Haute Vallée de la Lance, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France
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Sandstone rocks of the Northern Vosges with ice stalactites, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Sandstone rocks of the Northern Vosges with ice stalactites, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Ruiniform sandstone rock of the Northern Vosges, Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Ruiniform sandstone rock of the Northern Vosges, Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, France
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Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) on sandstone slabs, Falkenberg,
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) on sandstone slabs, Falkenberg, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Gallery wall of an iron mine in pink sandstone, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Gallery wall of an iron mine in pink sandstone, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) on sandstone slabs, Falkenberg, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris) on sandstone slabs, Falkenberg, Vosges du Nord Regional Nature Park, France
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The Tour des Sagnes in Haute Ubaye. Emblematic sandstone tower of Annot (2364 m), overlooking a lake and a peat bog, framed by larches in a valley
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Tour des Sagnes in Haute Ubaye. Emblematic sandstone tower of Annot (2364 m), overlooking a lake and a peat bog, framed by larches in a valley that has remained wild at the edge of the Mercantour National Park, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
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The Tour des Sagnes in Haute Ubaye. Emblematic sandstone tower of
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Tour des Sagnes in Haute Ubaye. Emblematic sandstone tower of Annot (2364 m), overlooking a lake and a peat bog, framed by larches in a valley that has remained wild at the edge of the Mercantour National Park, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
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Lac de la Braisette, Mercantour National Park, high mountain lake (2500 m) above St Dalmas le Selvage, Alpes-Maritimes, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lac de la Braisette, Mercantour National Park, high mountain lake (2500 m) above St Dalmas le Selvage, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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The Lauzanier lake in autumn. Lake dug in the sandstone of Annot, Vallon du Lauzanier, Haute Ubaye, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Lauzanier lake in autumn. Lake dug in the sandstone of Annot, Vallon du Lauzanier, Haute Ubaye, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France
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The Lauzanier lake in autumn. Lake dug in the sandstone of Annot,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Lauzanier lake in autumn. Lake dug in the sandstone of Annot, Vallon du Lauzanier, Haute Ubaye, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France
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Ichnofossils in the Annot sandstone, Alpes de Haute Provence,
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Ichnofossils in the Annot sandstone, Alpes de Haute Provence, France. Traces of biological fossil activity in the Annot sandstone (-34 to -30 Ma) which originated from massive arrivals of sands at the bottom of a sea by a process of submarine avalanches.
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Walk in the sandstones of Annot, Alpes de Haute Provence, France.
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Walk in the sandstones of Annot, Alpes de Haute Provence, France. The Annot sandstones (-34 to -30 Ma) originate from massive arrivals of sands at the bottom of a sea by a process of submarine avalanches.