From National Geographic Photo Of The Day; May 28, 2012:
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia George Steinmetz, National Geographic
On the eastern margin of Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, expedition cars attempt to cross the flats after flooding from heavy March rains.
See more pictures from the July 2008 feature story ”Bolivia’s New Order.”
(via geologyrocks)
Ray Troll stratigraphy/geologic time. I’m printing this out and hanging it above my desk.
Know your geologic history.
And don’t put a nautilus in the back of your pickup truck. That is not how we treat nice fossils.
…but when it rains - it pours! by neomiro on Flickr.
(via introspectiv-e)
Atacama Desert | Chile (by CactuSabres)
Geologists have long predicted that North and South America will eventually fuse together and merge with Asia, forming a new supercontinent along the lines of the ancient Pangea — the precursor to today’s great land masses, which separated about 200 million years ago.
In the past, researchers had guessed that the new continent, often called Amasia, would form either in the same location as Pangea, closing over the Atlantic near present-day Africa, or 180 degrees away, on the other side of the world.
But a new study predicts that Amasia will form over the Arctic Ocean.
Utah (7485) (by Bill in DC)
(via visible-universe)
Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupts sending a thick column of water vapor, gases and small amounts of ash into the air - Puebla, Mexico
Ready to Blow? Mexico Volcano Rumbles
Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano has rumbled continuously and spewed gases and glowing rocks to almost one mile
(one kilometer)beyond its crater, authorities said Friday.Popocatepetl is located about 34 miles (55 kilometers) east of the capital, Mexico City. More than 30 million people live within sight of the volcano.
In an increase of activity the volcano registered “62 expulsions of medium intensity, with the emission of water vapor, gas, ashes and glowing rocks,” between Thursday night and Friday, said a statement from the National Center of Disaster Prevention.
