Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
As a St. Patrick’s Day treat, here’s a great photo of one of Ireland’s most famous geologic locales, Giant’s Causeway. Formed from a Paleogene (40-50 mya) basaltic lava flow, rapid [...]
Category Archives: Friday Photo
Friday Photo: It’s Not All Bad!
Badlands National Park is anything but bad.
Friday Photo: Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods is one of the most spectacular geologic formations in the United States, and maybe even the world. While the park was opened to the public in the early 1900s, it’s history began long before that…over 300 million years ago.
Friday Photo(s) – Some Old-Fashioned Engineering
Not the typical Friday Photo Entry, but one that may appeal to the engineering geologists out there. Located in Cedar Bluff, Virginia, just East of U.S. Highway 460, this piece of engineering ingenuity resides immediately adjacent to the Norfolk Southern railroad.
Friday Photo – Artist’s Point
Starting at Yellowstone Lake, the Yellowstone River flows north through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and past Artist’s Point, where I snapped this picture of the Lower Yellowstone Falls. [...]
