ABES Teaching Pictures 4

This book, Australian Backyard Earth Scientist, is now out.

While I was writing the Teachers' Notes, it occurred to me that large format copies of some of the pictures that I used there could be helpful, so I have tested, and found that most services smallify pics horribly, or gouge the owner for sharing stuff for free.

 I pulled out all the pictures I might use, and put them in a folder, then I decided to make the used shots available in three sets.

Then I looked at the others and thought, hey, I've been collecting nice geology for yonks, so I'll share the best ones of the discards as well. This is one of those bonus sets.

I retain all copyright, but note the following  let-out:

This Creative Commons copyright allows non-commercial use in any form, with attribution and share-alike.

Most of the images will look huge on the blog page, because they are all inserted as "original size" which means they will normally come out as 1600 x 1200 (some images are older and smaller format) Titles appear under the images,: to get any picture onto your computer, right-click and choose "save image as".  The file titles are complex but sufficiently descriptive, while the captions will help.

There will are multiple pages:

ABES Teaching Pictures
ABES Teaching Pictures 2
ABES Teaching Pictures 3

ABES Teaching Pictures 5

ABES Teaching Pictures 6

The gob-stopper model of packing (see the book for how this relates to crystals!)

Ice crystals.

Unconverted shell fossils

 A mould fossil from Ulladulla.

 Fossil tree, Swansea Heads.

  Fossil tree, Swansea Heads.

 Fossil coral in my marble table.

 Marble paving stone, Suomenlinnen, Helsinki.

 Angle of rest measurer (the crack in the Vegemite jar cam from over-enthusiastic microwaving: be warned!).

Leigh Creek, South Australia, spoil heap from a coal mine (now closed) showing erosion.

Hawkesbury sediment, being picked up and carried north after heavy rain.

Mud cracks.

Dunes in the Sahara. Note the angle of rest. This pic has been enhanced.

Beach landform, Cyprus.

Sandbank, The Entrance, with mineral sands exposed.

 Sand spit

 Mesa, on the road to (ptui!) Las Vegas.

 A neat inclusion, a pebble in Hawkesbury sandstone.

 A normal fault in varved shale, taken with a Go Micro at x15: the field is 9 mm across.

 Slate sample, Heidiland, Switzerland.

Look closely at this Norwegian slate, and you can see cross-bedding, so maybe, it's quartzite, rather than slate. Think about it!

See also:

ABES Teaching Pictures
ABES Teaching Pictures 2
ABES Teaching Pictures 3

ABES Teaching Pictures 5

ABES Teaching Pictures 6

One of the labels for this is the book title: click on that to see what else is available: the link is just below this.