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Geology

The Oulu Groke.

Oulu Groke

This lonely rock has been turned into a character loved and feared by children.

Shatter cones in the Santa Fe impact structure.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe Shatter Cones

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Camarasaurus skeleton.

A Trail Through Time

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

The plastic-strewn sediment core was collected partway between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands off the California coast.

More Than Half a Century of Microplastics Are Buried in Layers of Sediment, Like Synthetic Fossils

The teeny menaces turned up in a core taken from the floor of the Santa Barbara Basin.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 4, 2019

Slack Head, England

Fairy Steps

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

Columnar basalt along the Kanaio Coast.

Wailea-Makena, Hawaii

Kanaio Coast

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

Castleton Tower, standing tall and vibrating ever so slightly.

Climbers in Utah Scaled a 400-Foot Rock to Measure How It Moves

Scientists say Castleton Tower is always vibrating, but doesn’t seem in danger of falling down.

Sabrina Imbler August 27, 2019

Unaweep Divide, west.

Gateway, Colorado

Unaweep Canyon

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

Overthrust Fault

Washington, D.C.

Overthrust Fault

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

Paradox Valley

Bedrock, Colorado

Paradox Valley

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

For Ancient Mesoamericans, the best way to chill was to get really, really hot.

Ancient Mesoamericans Calmed Down and Hooked Up in Sweaty Steam Baths

Temazcales helped indigenous people let off steam, until colonialism came along.

Sabrina Imbler August 21, 2019

Some of North America's oldest known petroglyphs.

Winnemucca Lake

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Prelate, Saskatchewan

Great Sand Hills

These little-known sands dunes are a geological anomaly in Saskatchewan's southern prairies.

Lake Ilopango, under appropriately cloudy skies.

When a Volcano in El Salvador Cooled Down the Entire World

It may have even helped bring on the bubonic plague.

Matthew Taub August 19, 2019

Capulin Volcano

Des Moines, New Mexico

Capulin Volcano

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

Ancient Indian pictographs at Fate Bell rock shelter in Seminole Canyon.

Comstock, Texas

Seminole Canyon

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Camel Rock

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The Queen's Chair in the snow.

The Queen's Chair

This stone throne invites adventurers to observe breathtaking views of the Peak District.