Butterfly
Morning glory
Resurrection plant (moss) on a rock face in Vredefort Dome
A rock face, eight meters high and 30 meters across shows boulders that were carried along as molten rock surged upwards at Vredefort Dome.
Glassy black seams of melted rock (pseudotachylites) swirl around pink granite known as Juparana.
Redstar zinnia
Vaal River cuts its way through the mountainous collor of Vredefort Dome
A passing summer rain shower falls across the mountainous collar of the Vredefort Dome
An outcropping of granite rock in Vredefort Dome
The mountainous collar of the Vredefort Dome
Witwatersrand strata, capsized by the force of the meteorite blast, glows in early morning light.
Springtime splendor in the Vredefort Dome
Late Stone Age tools found in the Vredefort area include the "duckbill scraper" (left), and a finer cutting blade.
Shattercone
Gold-bearing ore known as "banket", found deep beneath the Earth's surface formed as a result of the meteorite's impact at Vredefort Dome.
A picturesque sunset at Inlandsee, the center of Vredefort Dome
Stromatolite found at Vredefort Dome
