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Saturday, 15 July 2017
During the night of 15-July-2017 a magnitude 3,1 earthquake took place in Krýsuvík volcano. This earthquake does not seems to be connected to the volcano it self, rather the tectonic forces that are common in the Reykjanes rift zone that … Continue reading →
Near the town of Princeton, British Columbia there are many fossil exposures. The fossils you find here are all middle Eocene, Allenby Formation and most have a high degree of detail in their preservation.A [...]
This specimen is from the massive, tuffaceous siltstone and sandstone that runs through the town of Porter on the east side of the road. The fossil-rich bedding planes are well-exposed with concretionary beds [...]
In den letzten Tagen ereigneten sich mehrere kleine Ascheeruptionen am Poás in Costa Rica. Die letzte fand gestern Morgen um 6.30 Uhr Ortszeit statt. Der Kratersee ist schon seit längerem verdampft, wodurch [...]
Recently HeiGIT @ GIScience Heidelberg released a dedicated stable disaster versionof OpenRouteService (ORS) to support humanitarian logistics within specific regions of catastrophes with data from OSM in a [...]
Photo by Mrs. Geotripper
Mt. Shasta is no doubt the most dominating volcano in all of California. It's huge, topping out at well above 14,000 feet, and is visible from over a hundred miles in a number of [...]
I collected only a single rock on my summer travels in France and Italy. (Those of you who know me will realize how extraordinary this low number is!) It’s a flow-banded rhyolite from Vulcano, in the Aeolian [...]
You would need strong amplification to get this sort of damage, but the foundations look like they are floating.
The number of weathercasters who are still sceptical of climate change is rapidly dwindling. I’ve noticed this anecdotally and now there is confirmation in a new paper in BAMS that it indeed the case. I know [...]
Riding ATV’s and motorcycles around the forest can be incredibly fun and exhilarating. But in order to make sure those trails stay open, it’s vitally important to limit erosion in […]
Sunday June 30, 1520, a day that will become known as La Noche Triste “The Night of Sorrows”. The sun has set behind the rugged, volcanic peaks that ring the Valley of Mexico and there’s a light shower [...]
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