Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Early monsoon rains flood Himalayan foothills

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The earliest monsoon on record has flooded parts of Uttarakhand state in northern India, causing over 150 confirmed deaths. Thousands h...

Orda Cave

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This stunning image shows Orda Cave, Russia. The worlds longest underwater gypsum cave. The cave is located with the Ural region of Rus...

A pair of giants

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I’ve been keeping track, and between The Earth Story and The Universe, this is the 100th post I’ve written, so to commemorate I wanted ...

A silver mountain

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The pyramidal mountain of Cerro Rico has an extremely dark history (unfortunately also present and future) and is locally known as the ...

THE BELT SUPERGROUP: Take a Walk on the Proterozoic Beachfront

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The Belt Supergroup is a Precambrian sedimentary formation that crops out across a wide expanse of Idaho, Western Montana and SE Britis...

DINGLI CLIFFS—MALTA

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The Dingli Cliffs are the highest landmass in Malta. The massive rock faces are located on the western side of the island, just west of...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Royal Gorge, Colorado

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This is the Royal Gorge as I would like to picture it right now. If you have not heard the news, the Royal Gorge Park has been devastat...

STOP SWIMMING IN THIS!

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These two photos, courtesy of the BBC news report, show an old, abandoned limestone quarry outside the town of Buxton in Derbyshire, En...

Earthrise

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This capture, taken by astronaut William Anders of the 1968 Apollo 8 mission to the moon, has been deemed “the most influential environ...

The clearest lake in the world

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Ngati Apa, also known as Blue Lake, has been found by the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research to have the ...