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The Great Sand Dunes of Colorado: Part II – Climbing the Geology of the Dunes
"The whole landscape was on the move."Ralph Alger BagnoldAuthor of The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes, 1941Having left the lofty San Juan Mountains in July, my colleague Wayne Ranney and I...
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Powell Point at the Top of the Grand Staircase
KODAKCHROME BASINTraveling north on the unpaved Cottonwood Canyon Road in south-central Utah, this overlook oversees the appropriately-named Kodachrome Basin State Park. A National Geographic...
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A Curious Intra-Formational, Angular Unconformity within the Chinle...
Within Moab Canyon on the Colorado River between Castle and Moab-Spanish Valleys, the Chinle Formation possesses a spectacular angular unconformity. Its distinctiveness resides both in its...
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A Curious Intra-Formational, Angular Unconformity within the Chinle...
“The same regions do not remain always sea or always land,But all change their condition in the course of time.”Aristotle, MeteorologicaIn my previous post entitled “Part I – A Conspiracy of Events”, I...
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A Geological and Biological First Visit to the Florida Everglades: Part I -...
“The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is...
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First Visit to the Florida Everglades: Part II – Intended Change. Unintended...
“There are no other everglades in the world. Nothing anywhere else is like them.”Marjory Stoneham Douglas (1890-1998) Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, pink Roseate Spoonbills, Glossy Ibises, White Ibises, a...
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First Visit to the Florida Everglades: Part III – Excursion into a “River of...
Please visit my two previous posts on the Everglades entitled:Part I - Geology of Florida and the EvergladesPart II – Intended Change. Unintended Environmental Consequences. Perhaps your best chance at...
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Neighborhood Fungus Watch (Someone’s Got To Do It): Part I - What's A Mushroom?
“One side will make you grow taller...”“One side of what?”“…and the other side will make you grow shorter.”“The other side of what?” “The mushroom, of course!” Dialogue between the Caterpillar and...
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John Wesley Powell
GeologistScientistExplorer of the American WestExpedition LeaderAuthorTeacherEthnologistAnthropologistCivil War Major in the Union ArmyAmputeeDirector of the United States Geological SurveyDirector of...
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Neighborhood Mushroom Watch (Someone’s Got To Do It): Part II – A Summer Sampler
Mushrooms and toadstools. Mold and mildew. Puffballs and earthballs. Jellies and slime. Rusts and smuts. Stinkhorns and bloodfoots. The only thing more colorful than their names is their staggering...
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Roadside America: Part III - Weird, Wacky, Tacky and Wonderful
Virtually every geology-based road trip I've been on has had its share of unforgettable side-trips, off-beat detours and unplanned turn-offs. The best part, second to the geology, was the adventure of...
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Hiking Mount Humphreys of the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona: Part I...
In winter, snow-blanketed summits of the San Francisco Peaks embrace a cloud-shrouded InnerBasin. Both features are remnants of a massive stratovolcanic that met a catastrophic demise. That event...
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Hiking Mount Humphreys of the San Francisco Peaks in Northern Arizona: Part...
Just 10 miles north of Flagstaff resides a spectacular edifice known as San FranciscoMountain in geological circles or simply “the Peaks” by the locals. It is the centerpiece of the San Francisco...
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A Shiprock-Monument Valley Geological Juxtaposition
I was surfing the web this morning and somehow ended up in YouTube, the universe’s online repository for all things video. I stumbled on a trailer for the upcoming movie of the Lone Ranger set for a...
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The Adirondack Mountains of New York State: Part I – What's so unique about...
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A GEOLOGICAL STORYThis mountaineous vista is reminiscent of a real western scene with a big sky filled with billowy white clouds, wide open spaces, over forty summits and grassy...
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Preserve and Protect Hammond Pond in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Massachusetts
Leave Hammond Pond in its natural state
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The Adirondack Mountains of New York State: Part II – What do we know about...
Yours truly atop Wright Peak in the High Peaks region of the AdirondacksHUMAN HABITATIONThe rugged and insular geomorphology of the Adirondack Mountains is attributed to their complex tectonic and...
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The Adirondack Mountains of New York State: Part III - Climbing the Geology...
We’re facing north from the summit of Algonquin Peak, the second highest mountain in the State of New York (5,114 feet). In the foreground, Wright Peak (4,580 feet) displays two Holocene rock slides,...
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2012 Year in Review (some of my photos that never quite made it)
Anyone and everyone that blogs knows the challenges. What shall I post about next? What should I say? Is the subject important? Will anyone read it? What photographs should I use? Do they convey the...
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