Stitched panorama of an impressive geologic feature that could be mistaken for a meteor impact crater. This feature appears in the hazy distance under a clear sky and above rolling desert terrain. An ocotillo appears at the left of the image, with scrubby desert plants scattered across the ground generally.

The Solitario - Big Bend Ranch, TX

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Laccolith (Petrology 💎)

A laccolith is a body of intrusive rock with a dome-shaped upper surface and a level base, fed by a conduit from below. A laccolith forms when magma rising through the Earth's crust begins to spread out horizontally, prying apart the host rock strata. The pressure of […]