![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/20t.jpg) Travertine speleothems along a passage in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flowstone feature in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/13t.jpg) A column and other speleothems in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/19t.jpg) Speleothems (including stalactites, stalagmites, a column, and helictites) in an alcove of the Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/18t.jpg) Irregularly rounded- or scallop-shaped passages in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bone-shaped limestone formations along a passage of Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/07t.jpg) Irregularly shaped limestone formations along a passage of Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/23t.jpg) Passage in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/02t.jpg) Limestone formations in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/26t.jpg) Massive stalagmites in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/25t.jpg) Narrow passage in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/24t.jpg) Limestone tunnel in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/11t.jpg) Lions Tails hanging in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/12t.jpg) Stalactites and massive stalagmites in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/04t.jpg) Massive stalagmites in Hall of Giants of Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/14t.jpg) Columns in a small side alcove in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/03t.jpg) Huge stalagmite named "Rock of Ages" in Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/06t.jpg) Stalactites and stalagmites in a small alcove along the side of Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/21t.jpg) A narrow stalagmite with a large cluster of stalactites in the Big Room of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/09t.jpg) "Natural entrance" to Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pointed formations in caves of Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/608/jpeg/10t.jpg) Serpentine path of "Natural entrance" to Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/11t.jpg) Ocotillo bush near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fresh snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/15t.jpg) Plants in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/16t.jpg) Agaves and cacti in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cholla cactus in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/13t.jpg) Prickly pears cactus in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/07t.jpg) George Ashby s Phillips 66 gas station at crossing of Hwy 285 and FM 652. Orla, New Mexico, December 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/08t.jpg) Jackie and Hall Olds (Hal Old) store, grocery and cafe at crossing of Hwy 285 and FM 652. Orla, New Mexico, December 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/198/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fresnel-shaped patterns on yellow limestone at the bottom of small caves of Nahal Darokh river 4.5 miles east from Sde Boker. The Middle East, April 9, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/09t.jpg) A sign near Orla grocery near historical marker No. 3876 at crossing of Hwy 285 and FM 652. Orla, New Mexico, December 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orla cafe served to feed workers in oil, gas, and sulphur fields, at crossing of Hwy 285 and FM 652. Orla, New Mexico, December 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/03t.jpg) Stalagmites in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/01t.jpg) A cave in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/02t.jpg) The Watchtower in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/06t.jpg) Stalactites in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/07t.jpg) A hall in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/05t.jpg) Stalagmites in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spacious hall in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/04t.jpg) The King s Throne in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pluto s Anteroom(?) in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/601/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hall of the Mountain King(?) in Northern Cavern in Natural Bridge Caverns. San Antonio, Texas, October 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1977/jpeg/08t.jpg) Patterns of Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge from Smolnaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 19, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1703/jpeg/01t.jpg) Various patterns on stone engravings (petroglyphs) on a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/20t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/21t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/25t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/19t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/18t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/16t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/22t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/17t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/38/jpeg/23t.jpg) - Pecos Wilderness in New Mexico 8/30/97 (Dallas - a trip to New Mexico mountains, July 11 - August 30, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1703/jpeg/17t.jpg) Various patterns of rock carvings (stone engravings, petroglyphs) on a rocky ridge in Jabal Al Jassasiya site, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, December 12, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/588/jpeg/25t.jpg) A room in Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas, June 17, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/598/jpeg/05t.jpg) Billiards room in Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/598/jpeg/13t.jpg) Precious Room of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/592/jpeg/20t.jpg) Gold Drawing-room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/17t.jpg) Red room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/598/jpeg/17t.jpg) Statue in Precious Room of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/592/jpeg/24t.jpg) Entrance of Majolica Room in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/598/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mirror in Precious Room of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/12t.jpg) A room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/595/jpeg/18t.jpg) Room in Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/750/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mossy travertine formations at the base of Gorman Falls in Colorado Bend State Park. Bend, Texas, May 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/595/jpeg/17t.jpg) Red living room in Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/595/jpeg/16t.jpg) Living room in Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 29, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/19t.jpg) Room corner in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dining room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/16t.jpg) Green room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/14t.jpg) Decorated room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/596/jpeg/15t.jpg) Room with portraits in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/687/jpeg/20t.jpg) Skeletal remains of a pier that used to hold Balinese Room, a nightclub and a former dancing hall and an illegal casino at 2108 Seawall Boulevard that extended 600 feet from Seawall Boulevard at 21st Street into the Gulf of Mexico and that was washed away by hurricane Ike. Galveston, Texas, November 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/597/jpeg/03t.jpg) Room in Alexander Palace. Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin), suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/598/jpeg/04t.jpg) Entrance of Tukish Room from Mauritanian Parlor in Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blue drapery of a bed in Gatchina Palace. Gatchina, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/597/jpeg/04t.jpg) Reading room in Alexander Palace. Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin), suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/23t.jpg) Drapery of State blue bedroom in Gatchina Palace. Gatchina, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1551/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fertilization of an egg by a spermatozoid in a drapery hiding "Miraculous Journey" sculptures by Damien Hirst in front of Sidra Medical and Research Center. Doha, Qatar, February 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/14t.jpg) Reconstruction of Soviet style boiler-room (kotelnaya) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1886/jpeg/13t.jpg) Pear-shaped puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon pyriforme) shaped like pointed eggs on a birch tree near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/776/jpeg/12t.jpg) Billiard Room (Turkish Room) of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/18t.jpg) Shell shaped tomb of Johnnie at Rice Cemetery at Road 241 near Cameron. Texas, December 1, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1331/jpeg/21t.jpg) Geometrical patterns of ceiling of Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, January 31, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1331/jpeg/20t.jpg) Geometrical patterns of atrium of Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, January 31, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/24t.jpg) Marble tombstone shaped as a tree trunk in Bryant Station Cemetery near Buckholts. Texas, December 1, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1846/jpeg/09t.jpg) Geometric patterns on the first floor of Education City Mosque. Doha, Qatar, June 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2220/jpeg/17t.jpg) Funnel-shaped mushrooms Singerocybe adirondackensis(?) or may be Clitocybe in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 31, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1983/jpeg/06t.jpg) Old pear-shaped puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon pyriforme) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 31, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1144/jpeg/10t.jpg) Round patterns in Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1846/jpeg/11t.jpg) Geometric patterns and two minarets on the first floor of Education City Mosque. Doha, Qatar, June 29, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/482/jpeg/23t.jpg) A room in Grand Palace in Peterhof. Near Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/483/jpeg/07t.jpg) A living room in Gatchina Palace near Saint Petersburg. Russia, December 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1335/jpeg/09t.jpg) Patterns of gypsum crystals (selenite) in area of Jebel Al-Nakhsh in south-western Qatar, February 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1845/jpeg/11t.jpg) Prayer hall decorated by geometric patterns of Education City Mosque. Doha, Qatar, June 28, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1638/jpeg/12t.jpg) Some geometrical patterns in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1708/jpeg/16t.jpg) Acalypha wilkesiana plant with reddish leaves shaped as a tree in Al Shamal City Park. Ruwais, Northern Qatar, December 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/482/jpeg/25t.jpg) A dining room in Grand Palace in Peterhof. Near Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 22, 2005
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