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  • Dozens of iron concretions are found on a bluff in the Grand staircase Escalante in southern Utah. These iron concretions formed naturally between 6 and 25 million years ago as water dissolved the iron pigment in the red sandstone in the area. The pigment flowed down through the now bleached sandstone and then solidified when it came in contact with oxygenated water, forming a new iron mineral called hematite between the grains of sandstone. Over time, the sandstone eroded away, leaving the more durable iron concretions behind. These largely spherical balls are composed of a hard outer layer of hematite covering a ball of pink sandstone. By volume, the sandstone makes up the majority of these iron concretions, though those found elsewhere in the Colorado Plateau may contain much more hematite. Scientists aren't sure why they form in spheres or if they need something in particular as a nucleus to start growing.
    IronConcretions_HarrisWashUtah_4183.jpg
  • Dozens of iron concretions are trapped in a sandstone pothole in the Grand Staircase Escalante in southern Utah. These iron concretions formed naturally between 6 and 25 million years ago as water dissolved the iron pigment in the red sandstone in the area. The pigment flowed down through the now bleached sandstone and then solidified when it came in contact with oxygenated water, forming a new iron mineral called hematite between the grains of sandstone. Over time, the sandstone eroded away, leaving the more durable iron concretions behind. These largely spherical balls are composed of a hard outer layer of hematite covering a ball of pink sandstone. By volume, the sandstone makes up the majority of these iron concretions, though those found elsewhere in the Colorado Plateau may contain much more hematite. Scientists aren't sure why they form in spheres or if they need something in particular as a nucleus to start growing.
    IronConcretions_Pothole_HarrisWashUt...jpg
  • Dozens of iron concretions are trapped in a small crack in the Grand staircase Escalante in southern Utah. These iron concretions formed naturally between 6 and 25 million years ago as water dissolved the iron pigment in the red sandstone in the area. The pigment flowed down through the now bleached sandstone and then solidified when it came in contact with oxygenated water, forming a new iron mineral called hematite between the grains of sandstone. Over time, the sandstone eroded away, leaving the more durable iron concretions behind. These largely spherical balls are composed of a hard outer layer of hematite covering a ball of pink sandstone. By volume, the sandstone makes up the majority of these iron concretions, though those found elsewhere in the Colorado Plateau may contain much more hematite. Scientists aren't sure why they form in spheres or if they need something in particular as a nucleus to start growing.
    IronConcretions_HarrisWashUtah_4194.jpg
  • Iron concretions are found on a bluff in the Grand staircase Escalante in southern Utah. These iron concretions formed naturally between 6 and 25 million years ago as water dissolved the iron pigment in the red sandstone in the area. The pigment flowed down through the now bleached sandstone and then solidified when it came in contact with oxygenated water, forming a new iron mineral called hematite between the grains of sandstone. Over time, the sandstone eroded away, leaving the more durable iron concretions behind. These largely spherical balls are composed of a hard outer layer of hematite covering a ball of pink sandstone. By volume, the sandstone makes up the majority of these iron concretions, though those found elsewhere in the Colorado Plateau may contain much more hematite. Scientists aren't sure why they form in spheres or if they need something in particular as a nucleus to start growing.
    IronConcretions_HarrisWashUtah_4193.jpg
  • Dozens of iron concretions are trapped in cracks in the Grand staircase Escalante in southern Utah. These iron concretions formed naturally between 6 and 25 million years ago as water dissolved the iron pigment in the red sandstone in the area. The pigment flowed down through the now bleached sandstone and then solidified when it came in contact with oxygenated water, forming a new iron mineral called hematite between the grains of sandstone. Over time, the sandstone eroded away, leaving the more durable iron concretions behind. These largely spherical balls are composed of a hard outer layer of hematite covering a ball of pink sandstone. By volume, the sandstone makes up the majority of these iron concretions, though those found elsewhere in the Colorado Plateau may contain much more hematite. Scientists aren't sure why they form in spheres or if they need something in particular as a nucleus to start growing.
    IronConcretions_HarrisWashUtah_4202.jpg
  • A common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head stands among tall blades of grass in a yard in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Dandelion_Seed-Head_Grass_Lynnwood_2...jpg
  • A common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seed head is visible in front of the flower of another dandelion.
    Dandelion_Seed-Head_Lynnwood_2449.jpg
  • A bright fireball meteor from the Perseid meteor shower streaks across the sky over Mount Shuksan in the North Cascades of Washington state. The Perseids are an annual meteor shower that occurs in August when Earth passes through the debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The meteors are comet debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
    Shuksan_Perseid-Meteor_1137.jpg
  • A dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seedhead stands among blades of grass in Snohomish County, Washington. Each of the flower's seeds is attached to a feathery parachute called a pappus, which allows the wind to carry the seeds great distances.
    Dandelion_Seedhead_Lynnwood_8557.jpg
  • A school of Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in tight circles in Puget Sound close to the Edmonds, Washington, waterfront. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0608.jpg
  • Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus) fry swim in a tight cluster called a school in Puget Sound near the Edmonds, Washington, shoreline. Pacific staghorn sculpin are found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California, and are especially common in estuaries and coastal lagoons.
    Fish_Small-Fry_Circles_Edmonds_0796.jpg
  • A long exposure blurs the water erupting from Strokkur, an active geyser in southern Iceland. Strokkur erupts every four to eight minutes, sending water as high as 40 meters (131 feet). Strokkur is the Icelandic word for churning; just before the geyser erupts, a ball of water full of bubbles repeatedly surges and subsides.
    Iceland_Strokkur_LongExposure_1980.jpg
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