The surviving pool in the normally dry riverbed, thought to be a spring from bedrock so was named Alice Springs, in the town of the same name, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Dawn light over Arncliffe village in Littondale, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The intertidal zone of the Quantock Coast, West Somerset, contains an abundance of geology and wildlife. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is of international geological importance.

Granite boulders and a wind-gnarled hawthorn tree on Bench Tor, a typical landscape feature of Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A massive granite boulder on Bench Tor, one of the classic features of Dartmoor National Park's landscape, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The 13th century St. Michael's Church, on the summit of Brent Tor, a major landmark on the western edge of Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kailasa Hindu temple, 1200 years old, carved in in-situ basalt bedrock, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Kungstradgarden Metro station, hewn into the bedrock and painted with vibrant colors to represent the ecosystem, Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Kailasa Hindu temple, 1200 years old, carved in in-situ basalt bedrock, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Outcrop of Manhattan gneiss which forms bedrock for skyscrapers, Central Park, New York City, New York, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

A boulder of millstone grit on Ilkley moor with a perfect circular hole probably formed by a large inclusion weathered out of the bedrock, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A boulder of millstone grit on Ilkley moor with a perfect circular hole probably formed by a large inclusion weathered out of the bedrock, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A boulder of millstone grit on Ilkley moor with a perfect circular hole probably formed by a large inclusion weathered out of the bedrock, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Glacier snout of Schlatenkees. The Schlatenkees is one of the biggest glaciers in Austria and retreating rapidly. contact zone of glacier and bedrock or moraine is visible, Europe, central europe, austria, East Tyrol

A woman sits on a bedrock terrace at Saddle Horse Bottom below tall canyon walls in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

A woman sits on a bedrock terrace at Saddle Horse Bottom below tall canyon walls in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Poulnabrone Dolmen, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland