Rock Folding

Canada

Landsat 8

Acquired 2013-09-14

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4

This Landsat image shows how glaciers scoured the landscape, gouging out depressions that formed linear lakes. The glaciers also exposed the complex folded rock layers that form the Labrador Trough of Quebec in Canada. Glacial action is evident in the fingerprint-like patterns.

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U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

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Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Acquired 2013-09-14Landsat 8

OA-078

Rock Folding

Canada

Landsat 8

Acquired 2013-09-14

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4

This Landsat image shows how glaciers scoured the landscape, gouging out depressions that formed linear lakes. The glaciers also exposed the complex folded rock layers that form the Labrador Trough of Quebec in Canada. Glacial action is evident in the fingerprint-like patterns.

Curated from

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 4. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

Limited edition

15 of 15 remaining

Available as

Not yet in the shop. Get in touch → for commissions or an early print of this scene.

← Back to archive

← Previous

The Lorian Swamp

OA-077

Next →

Mexico's Biosphere

OA-079