Broken Glass
Recent pahoehoe lava on the Big Island, Hawaii, fractured as it cooled. Glassy surface layer above, more vesicular below. Edges are razor sharp, if you fall it gets ugly!
Broken Glass belongs to the following groups:
Hard Science Rocks Available for sale asGreeting Cards and Matted Prints
Cindy Cooperider
Wow! The tones and depth in this one are great!
GeoGecko replied
Hawaii [the Big Island that is] is like that.
Lynda Berlin
This is a great shot. I have to smile when I read your descriptions…you are a geologist to the bone. In fact, you sound so much like my father (who’s a mining engineer) I had to laugh. Even the most beautiful thing has to be analyzed before he will be happy. I’m not criticizing…I love your work, and you remind me of home.
GeoGecko replied
Thanks Lynda
Glad you liked the image.
I do like rocks! I really enjoyed visiting the Big Island and walking the volcanoes but the camera I used only had slide film and they are now quite dusty and when they were scanned recently the dust on the images was all too apparent on the results :-(
Maybe I’ll get there again one day.
Lynda Berlin
You need a better scanner and a can of air. Surely those good shots are salvageable…it would be a shame to lose them.
GeoGecko replied
Yep. Sad thing was I paid a professional to scan them but they didn’t clean them! Somethings you just have to do yourself, when you get time :-(
Lynda Berlin
Absolutely on target. I’ve learned the hard way.
Travis Easton
This geology stuff is kind of fascinating just read this book on Krakatoa, the forces involved are just incredible, nice pic.
GeoGecko replied
Thanks Travis – I just got back from the Geotourism conference. The images from Iran and Oman were amazing but what gets most people is the time scale and the forces once they have the content explained to them.
amarica
Excellent capture! Congratulations on being featured in the Rocks and Bones group!!!!
GeoGecko replied
Thanks
Virginia McGowan
love all you rock pics. superb. facinating fantastic profession.
Kathie Nichols
Wow, this is amazing, excellent shot GeoGecko! :D
GeoGecko replied
Yep, one day I might get back to take some more too :-)