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All of a sudden I perked up and wondered "Whatever happened to that stupid black hole?" They must be sinking the shaft and killing people by now. Nope.
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has dealt a setback to Ontario Power Generation’s plan for a nuclear waste burial site on the shores of Lake Huron.
In a letter to the provincially-owned utility Thursday, Ms. McKenna delayed
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-25 23:35:49]
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Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015 Alpenglow illuminates the glacially sculpted Stansbury Mountains as seen from the shores of Great Salt Lake. Deseret Peak (11,031 feet), the leftmost high summit, is the range’s highest peak and is underlain by Cambrian-age Prospect Mountain
ksl.com For those who have seen piles of white, pillowed foam along the shores of the Great Salt Lake and wondered what caused it, the Utah Geological Survey has an answer. READ
I am sorry I was not able to post pictures from my recent South America trip with Smithsonian Journey's. I experienced some computer problems and/or was in places with limited or no internet service (yes, places like that still exist). But here are a few now with more to follow.This was taken from my room at the Las Yamanas Hotel on the shores of the Beagle Channel. The photo was taken in Ushuaia, Argentina but across the channel is Chile. The channel, named after the ship Charles Darwin sailed [...]
Antarctica had fallen away behind us. The meteorological good fortune that we had been enjoying continued to hold on our return journey across the Drake Passage, and provided a nice bonus as the shores of South America came up over … Continue reading
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2014-10-06 12:45:39]
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From this week’s Imaggeo on Mondays image it’s easy to see why Iceland is the setting of so many books, films and TV shows, inspiring and inciting writers and film crews alike. The picture was taken on the shores of Lake Kleifarvatn, in Reykjanes peninsula, approximately 30 km to the west of the country’s capital,
June 6, 1944 – in planning for D-Day – also geology was considered, as aerial photographs of the shores of Normandy were studied to find suitable landing sites for the invasion. The confluence of larger rivers with the English Channel between the harbors of Le Havre and Cherbourg created sandy shorelines were a landing with
Ohio’s Buckeye Lake is one of the oldest reservoirs in America. Its shores touch three counties in Ohio. But most interesting is what floats within its coasts: a cranberry bog.[...]
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Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has confirmed today that she will take the position as Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (the “Committee”) as soon as next week. (See previous post dated December 31, 3013.)
The previous chairman - Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) - has officially moved on to his position as Ambassador to China, and with his departure, Sen. Landrieu’s assent is imminent. Sen. Landrieu has identified oil exports as an issue that will need to [...]
Our last stop on this African and South American adventure was at the active volcano of Masaya and the colonial city of Grenada on the shores of Lake Nicaragua.On the rim of the crater. The steam and gaseous smoke hug the inner walls.Hiking up to the sister crater to the eastLooking back to Masaya This crater has been inactive for many years and we could see its floor. The steam and vapor in the other cone precluded a view inside.Note the alternating cliffs and thin slopes. The cliffs are [...]
We took an eight hour flight from South America to Central America. Our route was over the Paraná River, the Amazon basin, and into the southern part of Nicaragua. I gave my fifth lecture when we flew over the Andes in northern Ecuador. It was cloudy so I didn't miss anything. I got some great shots of rivers and volcanoes on the way in.Our hotel at Iguazu, the Das CataratasSummertime clouds over southern Brazil and Paraguay This is likely the Parana River and the boundary between Brazil [...]