Friday, October 24, 2008

Eolian Deposits

These are the St. Anthony sand dunes near Rexburg. They are lateral dunes at the flank of a mountain. I was surprised at the immensity and hieght of some of the hills. There is a shallow interdune lake near the edge of the dunes. The whole thing seemed a little surreal -it's something I've never seen before.
The shallow lake was full of ripple marks.
You can see the Tetons off in the distance.

1 comment:

J said...

You are a really good photographer. I am impressed.

This movie link is like the baby food of geology movies. But it made me happy anyway.

http://byunews.byu.edu/archive08-Sep-etna.aspx