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Deep Time

The discrepancy pops up in the Grand Canyon, where ancient rock abuts, well, less ancient rock.

One of Geology’s Great Mysteries May Actually Be Many Smaller Mysteries

The “Great Unconformity” is a big chunk of missing deep time.

Isaac Schultz April 28, 2020

A view from the research station, up into the mountains.

Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan

Kitab State Geological Reserve

The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.

This part of Australia was next to Canada...a very, very long time ago. Way pre-cow.

Northern Australia Was Once Smushed Up Against North America

And other strange facts of supercontinent history.

Sarah Laskow January 26, 2018

The lake in the winter.

Lappajärvi, Finland

Lake Lappajärvi

Nuclear waste experts study this prehistoric crater lake to envision landscapes one million years in the future.

Proteins Preserved on 3.8 Million-Year-Old Eggshell Are a Portal to 'Deep Time'

These proteins are 50 times older than the oldest DNA ever sequenced.

Sarah Laskow September 27, 2016