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[ The Earth Science India is always looking for high-quality images related to Earth Sciences of India- photographs, cartoons, posters etc. for its Gallery. The primary objective is to provide these images for the benefit of teachers, Earth Science community, and the public for non- commercial use. Please send the hard copies, scanned images (.jpg files)or digital copies along with the descriptions, name & e-mail address of the photographer - H.E.]

July, 2008
Balancing rock: A granite boulder around 10m height is standing on a small base,with a gap in the centre of the base. Location-About 4.5 km from Yadgiri town on Yadgiri-Hyderabad road, Karnataka.

Gajanan Hegde

gn_hegde@hotmail.com

 

Tight fold in ferrugenous-cherty limestone, Ukinal area, Gulbarga district, Karnataka

Gajanan Hegde

gn_hegde@hotmail.com

 

Entranched meander due to rise of the terrain,near Lara village, District Lahaul & Spiti S. Kumbkarni
Entranched meander,point bars,and glacial diamictites over the country rocks,Samundra Tapu, opp. Chandra Tal,District Lahaul & Spiti S. Kumbkarni
Lithologically controlled paraglacial landform, vicinity of Dhanker, District Lahaul & Spiti S. Kumbkarni
Joint controlled three faceted peak(horn) of granite,Chota Dara, District Lahaul & Spiti S. Kumbkarni
Snow peaks of Higher Himalaya as seen from Kausani, Uttarakhand Shivendra Dwivedi

shivendra@elcomponics.com

 

A close up view of Trishul peak from Kausani,Uttarakhand Shivendra Dwivedi

shivendra@elcomponics.com

 

phymosomatoid echinoid Kachchhia n. gen from Fulra Limestone (middle Eocene) Kachchh, India.-Aboral view of the test (Bar = 10.0 mm) D. K. Srivastava

sirdkdr@ rediffmail.com

phymosomatoid echinoid Kachchhia n. gen from Fulra Limestone (middle Eocene) Kachchh, India.-Lateral view of the test (Bar = 10.0 mm) D. K. Srivastava

sirdkdr@ rediffmail.com

 

phymosomatoid echinoid Kachchhia n. gen from Fulra Limestone (middle Eocene) Kachchh, India.-Oral view (part) of the test (Bar = 5.0 mm) D. K. Srivastava

sirdkdr@ rediffmail.com

 

April, 2008

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Pitchblend veins in limestone in the Gogi area,Gulbarga District, Karnataka

Gajanan Hegde

gn_hegde@hotmail.com

Photomicrograph of pink granitoid showing euhedral and fractured grain of uraninite(U) showing effects of cataclastic deformation

Locality : Thadisaoli resettlement area, Nanded district, Maharashtra

 

Rahul Banerjee

rahul_bnrg@yahoo.com, rahulbnrg@gmail.com

 

Photomicrograph of pink granitoid showing enlarged view of uraninite(U)

Locality : Thadisaoli resettlement area, Nanded district, Maharashtra

 

Rahul Banerjee

rahul_bnrg@yahoo.com, rahulbnrg@gmail.com

 

Photomicrograph of pink granitoid showing Metamict Thorite (Th) grain showing radial cracks in host Quartz indicating volume expansion of Thorite

Locality : Thadisaoli resettlement area, Nanded district, Maharashtra

Rahul Banerjee

rahul_bnrg@yahoo.com, rahulbnrg@gmail.com

 

Barunabat Landslide,Uttarkashi

B K Sahu 

 bijay_sahu@hotmail.com

 

Ediacara Fossil,  Krol Group

Loc: Nainital District,Uttarakhand 

V.K.Mathur

vinodmathur1954@rediffmail.com

 
Batal Formation, Salkhala Formation and Rohtang Gneissic Complex in the background. Locality : Batal Bridge, 11 Km SSW of Kunzam La (pass), Lahaul- Spiti district, H.P.

V.K.Mathur

vinodmathur1954@rediffmail.com

 

Source of river Kali, Kalapani limestone in the background

District Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand 

Rajendra Kumar

rajendram53@rediffmail.com

 

A view of unmodified dry glacial valley

Loc: N of Anini, Dibang valley district, Arunachal Pradesh 

 Rajendra Kumar

rajendram53@rediffmail.com

Backscatter electron image showing

serpentine veins cutting olivine grains, Nidar ophiolite, Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh 

H.K.Sachan

hksachan@wihg.res.in