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Five centuries of footsteps have deformed the marble of the stairs in the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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Flux and Flow
The Richat Structure, also called the eye of Africa, was first thought to be the site of a large meteor impact. It was actually found to be a 40 kilometre wide, deeply eroded dome. It is located in the Sahara desert and is visible from space.
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The Brimham Rocks of North Yorkshire, England. These balancing rock formations were created by gradual water and wind erosion. One of the most striking formations is Idol Rock, a massive 200 tonne boulder balanced on a small pyramidal stone.
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Sandstone dates to the Early Jurassic when the American West was covered in an ancient, flat desert. The elegant striations in the sediment are the result of the original deposition of the sand dunes, which were later exposed by erosion.
Sunken path in a beech forest created by centuries of human traffic, a so-called anthropogenic erosion, due to the combined effect of damaged ground vegetation, soil abrasion, wind, andheavy rainfalls.
(Captured by Brett Gasser)
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