Mexico’s Popocatépetl has been quite active this month, spewing ash and prompting officials to raise the volcanic alert level “to five on a seven-point scale.” The earth has also been rumbling near the volcano, perhaps an ominous foreshadowing of things ...
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This is the first entry in a new (and very long) series I’ve decided to call Around The World In 80 Posts. In it, I’ll be looking at various landmarks and curious places around the world, from ancient mysteries to ...
Read More »Photo: A New Volcanic Island Forms In The Red Sea
New satellite images taken by the Advanced Land Imager show the formation of a new volcanic island 40 miles (60 km) off the coast of Yemen. The island is being formed by lava from the eruption of an undersea volcano, ...
Read More »On The Geology Of Iceland
The characters in Jules Verne’s “A Journey To The Center Of The Earth” begin their perilous voyage in Iceland, where they descend into Snæfellsjökull, a 700,000 year old extinct stratovolcano. It’s no doubt an incredible piece of fiction, complete with ...
Read More »A Look Into The Inner Earth
During the Apollo 8 moon mission, astronaut Bill Anders snapped a photograph of our planet rising over the moon’s surface. It was the first image of its kind ever taken. It showed our Earth, a spherical geoid hovering in infinite ...
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