Rock Patern

Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt
Crimson striations run through a sandstone rock face in Petra in Jordan.



Photograph by Charles Kogod
Eroded rocks pop with colorful designs in Point Lobos State Reserve, California.


Photograph by Frans Lanting
Striated sandstone lines the slopes of Coyote Buttes in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.


Photograph by Frans Lanting
Pahoehoe lava darkens into ropy strands in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.



Photograph by Charles Kogod
Erosion reveals swirls of color and pattern in rocks in Point Lobos State Reserve, California.


Photograph by Frans Lanting
Patterned sandstone creates an optical illusion in the Wave rock formation, part of Coyote Buttes in Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.


Photograph by Cary Wolinsky
Lines reverberate in ever widening swirls from a rock in Moab, Utah.


Photograph by David Boyer
Concentric rings of color decorate a crystal found in Albany, Oregon.


Photograph by Sylvia Sharnoff
Minerals streak the hills of Oregon's Painted Hills State Park.



Photograph by Sylvia Sharnoff
Slate yields to brilliant lichens in Merced Falls, California.