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Category Archives: Geology
An Opal Fossil
This is amazing…
Gemologist Finds Insect Trapped in Opal Instead of Amber
It reminds me of the pineopal a couple years back.
Wow
This is making the rounds, but it’s cool.
Apollo Astronauts May Have Brought a Piece of Ancient Earth Back From the Moon
18 US volcanoes rated ‘very high threat’
Thai Cave Rescue
Now that the smoke has cleared and the kids are safe. A quick word about the folks who engineered this rescue.
First the divers that found them…
Then the Doctor that stayed with them…
Thai cave rescue: Hero Australian doctor emerges from flooded tunnels to find out father died
The Great Rift
Africa is splitting in two.
Geologists now have evidence Africa is physically splitting into two continents
Thanks Tom!
Okay I hate to say this…
Because I sound like I can has cheezburger but…
So much want…
Wow, That’s a Big Ancient City
How did people live in such density before sanitation?
Ancient city’s LiDAR scans reveal as many buildings as Manhattan
The Title of This Article
says it all…
MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ROCK MADE OF TINY DIAMONDS FORMED BEFORE THE SOLAR SYSTEM EXISTED
Thanks Tom!
Mass Movement
The video below is drone footage of Rattlesnake Ridge near Yakima, Washington. That’s a big crack in a lot of loose sediment.
Platetectonics
Some instructive videos…
and…
A 99 Million Year Old Bird
Birds are one of the rarest of all fossils. This is pretty awesome!
99-million-year-old bird found preserved in amber stuns scientists
A Chocolate Geode
Wow. If you liked growing crystals for EPS, this guy has a project you might want to try.
Our Greatest Geological Discovery Is This Chocolate Boulder With Edible Candy Geodes Inside
Getting Rid of a Big Rock
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.
Science News
A Crack in the Desert
The reason is interesting as well.
An Enormous Crack Just Opened Up In The Middle Of The Arizona Desert
A 100 Million Year Old Insect That Defines A New Type
This is cool…
OSU Researcher George Poinar discovered an ancient insect, frozen in amber, so unusual that a new order had to be created. This creature has a triangular head that makes it look like ET.
Scientists discover ‘alien’ insect in amber from 100 million years ago
Old Faithful Erupting at 0°F
Wow!
Forbidden Symmetry?
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‘Forbidden Symmetry’ Found in 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite
Cave Diving
Very, very dangerous!
Carbon Capture That Works
Pyroclastic Flow
Wow, very scary. These flows can reach hundreds of degrees, and they’re fast.
This one is from Japan.
An Alien Ecosystem
The Rebirth of Project Moho
Drilling through the Earth’s crust to reach the mantle. Holy….
This week, geologists will attempt to drill through Earth’s crust and into the mantle