Powerful earthquakes reveal mysterious 15-million-year-old fossil in California

Very Interesting…

Lost continent revealed in new reconstruction of geologic history

Trump asked to declare state of emergency after 7.1 earthquake strikes southern California

This is amazing…

Gemologist Finds Insect Trapped in Opal Instead of Amber

It reminds me of the pineopal a couple years back.

Interesting.

Government ranks 18 US volcanoes as ‘very high threat’

Africa is splitting in two.

Geologists now have evidence Africa is physically splitting into two continents

Thanks Tom!

Because I sound like I can has cheezburger but…

So much want…

The video below is drone footage of Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima, Washington. That’s a big crack in a lot of loose sediment.

All residents in high-risk Rattlesnake Ridge area evacuated

Birds are one of the rarest of all fossils. This is pretty awesome!

99-million-year-old bird found preserved in amber stuns scientists

I mention this every year when we speak of mass movements in Dynamic Earth. Every year or two a photo online shows up of a giant boulder sitting on a west coast road. There is only one sure way of removing a rock this big, dynamite.

The reason is interesting as well.

An Enormous Crack Just Opened Up In The Middle Of The Arizona Desert

Wow, very scary. These flows can reach hundreds of degrees, and they’re fast.

This one is from Japan.