Author's Note
Second only to my interest in minerals is my appreciation of scenic geologic features is the exploration of eroded landscapes. For me, there is nothing more fun than coming across a rock forest at the end of a long day of backpacking, or climbing atop stone pinnacles on the edge of the sea—ask my hiking partners about my proclivity to stash little samples of mountains in my pack! I hope you enjoy the back matter in this book, “Amazing Landscapes.” It’s a life list of places I’d love to set foot on (if I haven’t already!) and a great roadmap for using the Internet to check out some of the world’s most stunning geologic formations.