Earth Blogs

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• What Looks Like Sunset — What if sunset is actually the Earth moving, not the Sun? I retrace the geocentric versus heliocentric story, explain wh
• The Moon teaches you to see Earth's Orbit — Want to see Earth's orbit in the sky using the Moon? Here I show how the half moon, especially first quarter at sunset a
• Arms around the ecliptic
• Feel the Earth spin — Curious why you can't feel the Earth spin? I explain how Earth's size and our inner ear hide its about 1,000 mph rotatio
• THE LOST SEA BENEATH THE PYRAMIDS: TETHYS — Did you know the stones of the Great Pyramid are fossil time capsules? Here I tell the story of the ancient Tethys sea b
• Do You Think You Know the Highest Waterfall in Yosemite Valley? You Could Be Wrong! — Think you know the highest waterfall in Yosemite Valley? A quick quiz shows you might be wrong. As a geology teacher I l
• What If an Earthquake was Predicted to Happen in Four Days? What Would You Do?? — What would you do if an earthquake was predicted in four days? As a geology teacher I run this hypothetical with student
• Time Beyond Imagining: A "Brief" History of the Colorado Plateau — Ever wondered about the Colorado Plateau geological history, from billion-year-old basement rocks to dramatic Jurassic c
• The Abandoned Lands — Geology explorations, field notes, photos and stories from a 2012 summer roaming the margins of the Colorado Plateau, co
• Driving Through the Most Dangerous Plate Boundary in the World: A Compilation of Fear — Fearsome subduction zones made central California a geological minefield. This compilation maps my road trip driving thr
• The Hawai'i That Was: A Geological and Anthropological Exploration of the Islands — Ever wondered how Kilauea's lava lake and Pu'u O'o flows shaped Hawaiian life and landscapes? I pulled together a field-