Illustrated Geology Glossary (at 35,000 feet) - O

Glossary!

These are common geologic (and manmade/geographic features), as seen from 35,000 feet.

You can open any of these examples in Google Earth by clicking the Google Earth icon:

If you don't know the name of the feature you're looking for, go here: "What Was That?" (This is a tool that sorts features based on what they look like: mountains, rivers, valleys, piles of sand etc.)

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Oil Fields - Large oil fields are easy to spot from a plane. They tend to have dense networks of dirt roads connecting small dirt patches, where the pumps are pumping.

Scale: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.

Open these examples in Google Earth, or download all of the landforms here.

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Oxbow - A U-shaped lake or dry lake, cut off from a meandering river. {read more}

Scale: Images are taken from an altitude of ~35,000 feet, and so are each ~1 mile across.

Open these examples in Google Earth, or download all of the landforms here.