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First, the pyramids of Renon, a small cluster of hoodoos in the Dolomite region of Italy. Second, an impressive shot of Kilauea lava. This one's close enough for marshmallows. Lava flows reached the sea again a few days ago -- the flow that reached the sea cut straight through the middle of the remaining uncovered "kipuka" of the Royal Gardens subdivision, made famous as the various previous flows devoured homes. I think there are two inhabited homes still there; I don't know how they fared with this most recent flow, but I haven't seen pictures of flaming homes on TV...

I saw a picture of this highly abnormal (aboriginal?) place, and decided it was quite worthy of the Christmas break Geology Picture of the Week. For added artistic content, both a black-and-white and color photo are provided. The link has neither; it's a Web site about the national park in Australia, if you're interested in going. For a better photographic treatment, look for 7 pictures of Nambung National Park on the page below, which has some other nice Australia images. (I can't link these pictures onto FR.) Perth and Western Australia

Link post: Geology Picture of the Week, April 13-19, 2003 (an easy WhereIsIt? challenge)

OK, so WhereIsIt? (Hint given in first comment)