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Gneiss

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OK, class ... this is your geology lesson for today. Get out your note paper -- there will be a quiz later... "At the time the rocks of the Blue Ridge Mountains were being thrust up by tremendous forces that slowly squeezed the rocks of the region very much like a huge vise, other natural processes of weathering and erosion started tearing down the young mountains. Now, after more than 250 million years have passed, mountain building has ended and erosion has gradually stripped off the uppermost miles of rocks that were originally here. In the process, rocks that were once buried and squeezed under the weight of miles of rock are now exposed at the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains. These old rocks were drastically changed (metamorphosed) by high pressure and temperature during the hundreds of millions of years while they were still buried. Geologists have classified these metamorphic rocks as GNEISS (pronounced "nice"). The age of the gneiss has been determined to be 1,055 million years by the geologists of the U.S. Geological Survey." -- Blue Ridge Brochure

Comments (15)


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Janiss

3:26PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Fabulous POV and rich textures.... gorgeous capture my friend!

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JaneEden

3:37PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Craggy, rugged, magestic, and a brilliant image. I appreciate the History lesson :o))

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mamabobbijo

4:38PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Such a lovely frame there in the sky! Thanks for the field journal entry.

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Fidelity2

6:28PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Amazing image and technique.

Valerie-Ducom

6:32PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Beautiful and very nice composition and color ! Good day :)

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Richardphotos

7:53PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

beautiful place and capture.much of Oklahoma mountains have been eroded away

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auntietk

7:55PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Gneiss!!! :)

frankie96

9:41PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

Have seen this type of thing being a native of the regions.. great POV..image and narrative..

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RobyHermida

11:44PM | Wed, 03 October 2007

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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lizzibell

12:04AM | Thu, 04 October 2007

beautiful...

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Atom

3:18AM | Thu, 04 October 2007

Really cool, nice capture Gary!

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NekhbetSun

7:24AM | Thu, 04 October 2007

Nice gneiss :o)

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mark.spooner

1:57PM | Thu, 04 October 2007

Nice work,

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vaggabondd

11:06PM | Thu, 04 October 2007

Very nice. the sky behind it makes the picture pop out at you. very nice

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alhak

3:47PM | Fri, 05 October 2007

great shot and fabulous geology lesson, can we skip the quiz though


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