Wild Rocks

focusTerra displayed in the exhibition spectacular photos of wild geological phenomena, which are dealt with at Zurich's Earth Sciences: from rock faces drifting dangerously into the valley, of rock blasted by underground waters, to modeling, animation and experiments of exciting geological processes in the interior of Earth.

False coloured Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) image of mica

Structural geology, tectonics

Climate Geology

Rockfall from the eastern flank of the Eiger

Engineering Geology

Infrared satellite image of the Mackenzie delta

Holographic image of a ring consisting of several magnetite crystals

Natural magnetism

Computer simulation of plate tectonics and mantle convection

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

The rock is reacting with seawater, carbonates are formed in veins and magnetite is oxidized to red hematite

Petrology, Marine Geology

3D-reconstruction of magma

Petrology, Marine Geology

Explosion of carbonatitic magma

High press. Geology, Volcanology

Quarz veins

Fluid processes, resources, geothermal energy

Layers of bright and dark sediments

Structur geology, tectonics

Melting glaciers

Climate Geology

Aerial view of the "Oasis valley"

Earth Surface Dynamics

Magnetic field generated in the fluid metallic core of planet Earth

Earth- and Planetary Magnetism

Boundary between the American and the Eurasian plate

Swiss Seismological Service

Snapshot of a numerical simulation of salt structures

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

"Black Smokers" – hot springs in the deep sea

Petrology, Marine Geology

High pressure apparatus built into the centrifuge

High press. Geology, Volcanology

Brillouin spectroscopy

Experimental Geochemistry

Comet Wild 2

Isotope Geochemistry