So you want to be a rockhound! Use this free rock identification guide to help you identify rocks and minerals. Learn the types and characteristics of rocks that rockhounds use to identify a rock. Then run through our free rock identification guide to pinpoint your find.
According to a recent study in the Geophysical Research Letters journal, the plume released by the 2022 eruption of the Hunga Volcano resulted in the most lightning flashes ever observed on Earth, surpassing any previously recorded storm. Sonja Behnke, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Electromagnetic Sciences and Cognitive Space Applications group, noted, “The eruption of…
Astronomers have found a planet outside of our solar system that is the same size as Earth. It is called LP 791-18 d and the scientists believe it may have volcanoes on its surface.
The massive volcanic eruption that destroyed a small island in Polynesia on Saturday (Jan. 15) released ash that reached a record-breaking 24-miles above the Earth’s surface. This was the first time volcanic ash has been detected so high in Earth’s atmosphere.
The EU’s Sentinel-2 satellite captured a stunning image this week, of the intensifying volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma.
We know what Roman chariots looked like from the many painting and drawings that exist from the Roman era. But last month, archaeologists discovered a new intact Roman chariot buried in the ground near the ancient city of Pompeii.
Mount Sakurajima, a 3,665-foot high volcano in Japan, erupted this week sending a plume of smoke more than 3 miles into the air. Even cooler, all the flying ash and rock created a static electricity storm inside the mouth of the volcano. A photographer captured a picture of the storm which raged within the Showa…
Although taken individually, the events are not all that uncommon but when they’re all captured in the same photograph, it’s mind-boggling. This photograph taken by Maciej Winiarczyk is believed to be the first time someone has photographed the Milky Way, Northern Lights, and an erupting volcano – all in the same jaw-dropping picture!
This incredible footage shows the August 29, 2014 eruption of the Mount Tavurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea and the powerful shockwave that rippled through the clouds above the volcano. The film was shot by a tourist on a boat off the coast of Papua. Thankfully, the brave tourist held steady and captured this amazing…
Kawah Ijen, part of the Ijen volcano complex, is a group of stratovolcanoes in East Java, Indonesia. With an active crater that’s over 200 meters deep, the volcano complex is also home to the world’s largest turquoise-colored acidic lake, full of sulfuric acid, that produces a highly-unusual effect on the volcano’s lava flows. Instead of…
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