Posted on 08/24/2005 7:47:43 AM PDT by cogitator
A mixed (and beautiful) bag this week. If you go to the articles linked above the pictures, you can access a bigger (in the case of Katmai, much bigger) image.
Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
For fun, two historical pictures of Novarupta and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes soon after the eruption:
AND finally, go to this Space Daily article to see a large version of the view that the Mars Rover Spirit had yesterday:
Robot from Earth Climbs Mountain on Mars
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
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Did I do that right? ;-)
The pictures you bring us each week are simply amazing. What a magnificent and varied planet God has graced us with!
Thanks!
Geology question: We've all seen those maps showing where the continents used to be thousands of years ago (Pangea, etc.).
Can you point me to any sites that predict where the continents will be in a few thousand years' time?
Geological time-scales are hard for us to comprehend. In a few thousand years time the continents will still be pretty much where they are now.
Here are maps that project plate tectonic movements 50, 150, and 250 million years into the future:
Source: Paleomap Project
I've heard of Christopher Scotese before (and probably read some article he's written), but this is the first time I've gone to his Web site. If you want to see something impressive, here's his academic biography:
Ahhh!
I'm moving to Africa?
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