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Geology

The salt hill.

Egerszalók, Hungary

Salt Hill

The massive white mound and accompanying water terraces are a striking geological oddity.

Torrevieja, Spain

The Pink Lake of Torrevieja

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Old Faithful erupts roughly every 90 minutes.

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand How Old Faithful Works

The deeper structure of Yellowstone's most famous geyser has long been a mystery.

Kelsey Kennedy October 13, 2017

The Checkerboard, on the right.

Smith's, Bermuda

Spittal Pond Nature Reserve

Where a rare geological phenomenon created a section of rock that resembles a checkerboard.

Palouse Falls in eastern Washington.

Volcanic Eruptions That Shaped Oregon May Have Had a Chilling Effect

A massive amount of sulfur gas probably impacted climate around the world.

Kelsey Kennedy October 11, 2017

Close up of phallic rock

Kharkhorin, Mongolia

Kharkhorin Rock

A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.

Apollo 15 astronauts collected the samples now analyzed.

Found: Evidence the Moon Had an Atmosphere for 70 Million Years

It would have been at its thickest about 3.5 billon years ago.

Sarah Laskow October 9, 2017

Lord Howe Island is one of the surviving landmasses of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Amazing Ways to Visit Zealandia, Earth's Lost Eighth Continent

Eight places where you can explore the sunken landmass above water.

Kerry Wolfe October 9, 2017

Nepean Island, as seen from Norfolk Island with Phillip Island in the background.

Nepean Island, Australia

Nepean Island

This tiny uninhabited islet off the coast of Norfolk Island was formed by blowing sand from nearby dunes.

Painted Rocks.

Barstow, California

Painted Rocks

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

The Crazy Pinnacle.

Hope Valley, England

The Crazy Pinnacle

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

The spherical boulders at Rock City in Kansas can get up to nearly 30 feet across.

How Nature Creates Uncannily Spherical Boulders

There's a geological phenomenon behind exceptionally round rocks.

Meg Neal October 2, 2017

Deed Rock.

Worcester, Massachusetts

Deed Rock

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

Badab-e Surt.

Badab-e Surt

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

Malta's Azure Window, featuring in the first season of Games of Thrones, collapsed into the sea after a storm last May.

Graffiti Has Long Had a Place in the Art World, But Probably Not the Natural One

An incident on Malta has locals angry about cliffside art.

Vittoria Traverso September 28, 2017

A view of Chiavenna from the lower peak.

Chiavenna, Italy

Paradiso Botanical Archaeological Park

An archaeological treasure trove towers over the valley of Chiavenna.

The graphite was found in this area of Labrador.

Found: Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth, Dating Back 3.95 Billion Years

The planet itself is 4.5 billion years old.

Sarah Laskow September 28, 2017

The view from the deck of the ship <em>JOIDES Resolution</em> while it drills a core sample.

Scientists Are Just Starting to Understand Earth's Eighth Continent, Zealandia

It wasn't always under all that water.

Kelsey Kennedy September 27, 2017