Geological Interest

Here are rock layers (later, between Errichibia and Midelt) where some appear to lie flat while others are sharply folded. Rick rides his brand new Bike Friday. I can say nothing about the geology of Morocco, except that these rocks are obviously sedimentary, and that some deformation has happened.

Two of the larger rocks comprising the surface of the Sahara Desert.

Small rocks line the Sahara here. This "desert pavement" results from sand being blown away, leaving only the small rocks and pebbles.

A community at the edge of the Sahara. Rock layers dip to the right, and I'm wondering how that came to be. Did these layers, which must have once extended farther northwest, perhaps rise to cover the Atlas Mountains?