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Hyams Beach at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Hyams Beach, Australia

Hyams Beach

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.
From above.
Noisy-sur-École, France

Les Sables du Cul du Chien

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.
The sign near the fossil helps by adding some lines.
Iannazzo, Italy

Monte Alpi's Fish Fossil

A fossil of a 30 million-year-old fish is unexpectedly hidden thousands of feet above sea level.
Joseph Richardson and his sons, the Original Monstre Rock Band.
victorian

When Hard Rock Music Meant Banging on Actual Hard Rocks

The “shipwrecked Mozart” who wowed Victorian audiences, including the Queen herself.
Betsy Golden Kellem May 8, 2018
Lava burns across a road in the Leilani Estates subdivision on May 5, 2018. Offerings of Hawaiian ti leaves, rocks, and cans to the goddess Pele lie in the street in front of the lava.
volcanoes

Why Hawaiians Place Plants Before a Wall of Hot Lava

Ti leaves have long been thought to have powers of protection.
Sarah Laskow May 8, 2018
A deluge of rain helped open up a portal into New Zealand's volcanic past.
volcanoes

A Massive Sinkhole in New Zealand Exposed Traces of an Ancient Volcano

The canyon's walls tell the story of long-ego eruptions.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 7, 2018
Stone wall, with moss, Putney, Vermont.
farms

New England Is Crisscrossed With Thousands of Miles of Stone Walls

That's enough to circle the globe—four times.
Anna Kusmer May 4, 2018
Cavern.
Marianna, Florida

Florida Caverns State Park

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Prophet's Rock
West Lafayette, Indiana

Prophet's Rock

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Steamboat Geyser erupts mildly in June 2008.
national parks

The World's Tallest Active Geyser Keeps Erupting

Steamboat, normally quiet for months at a stretch, has already blown its top three times this spring.
Cara Giaimo April 30, 2018
Bass Rock Gannet Colony.
North Berwick, Scotland

Bass Rock

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.
Gastro Obscura

Lacryma Christi

The vineyards of Mount Vesuvius still produce the same wines enjoyed by the ancient Romans.
Carrara marble quarry.
Carrara, Italy

Cava Museo

Explore the quarry where the marble was sourced for Michaelangelo's David.
Petroglyphs visible on Haleets Rock.
Bainbridge Island, Washington

Haleets Rock

Mysterious ancient petroglyphs carved on a glacial boulder at the tip of Bainbridge Island.
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
Raisen, India

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.
Permanently Closed
Oblique aerial view of Wink Sink 1.
Winkler County, Texas

Wink Sink

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.
Craighat, Scotland

Devil’s Pulpit

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Saltville, Virginia

Great Channels of Virginia

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.