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BBC NEWS   16 May 2023   Africa   Chad  
<p>My eyes lifted up towards a rocky ledge carved into a sandstone cliff in the heart of Chad's Ennedi Massif. I saw a face, then, as my eyes adjusted to the gloam, another appeared. Painted in bright ochre and white, men were riding camels and giant cows ...
Travel & Leasure   02 April 2023   USA   Grand Canyon, Arizona  
<p>Millions of years of geological history can be seen in the bands of red rock that make up the Grand Canyon. In addition to offering a peek into Earth&rsquo;s long history, the Grand Canyon is an impressive sight &mdash; it is around a mile deep and an average ...
BBC NEWS   23 March 2023   Austria   Alps  
<p>As the frozen "glue" that helps hold the rock faces of the Alps together begins to thaw, mountaineers face a growing risk of sudden rockfall.</p>
IFLScience   22 March 2023   USA   Arizona  
<p>The Wave can be found in the Coyote Buttes North area of the Colorado Plateau just along the border between Utah and Arizona. <br />It&rsquo;s made of sandstone, which is relatively prone to erosion from water and wind over lengthy periods of time. Sandstone ...
PHYS.ORG   19 March 2023   World  
<p>Venus is almost the same size, mass and density as Earth. So it should be generating heat in its interior (by the decay of radioactive elements) at much the same rate as the Earth does. On Earth, one of the main ways in which this heat leaks out is via ...
ekathimerini-com   16 March 2023   Greece   Zakynthos  
<p>Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides. <br />The decision to prohibit access to the Navagio ...
The National News   16 March 2023   England   London  
<p>A new exhibition at the Tower of London featuring the Crown Jewels will describe the controversial Koh-i-noor diamond as a &ldquo;symbol of conquest&rdquo;.<br />The display, which will open to the public in May, weeks after the coronation of the King Charles ...
The Conversation   02 March 2023   World  
<p>Earth&rsquo;s surface is the &ldquo;living skin&rdquo; of our planet &ndash; it connects the physical, chemical, and biological systems. Over geological time, landscapes change as this surface evolves, regulating the carbon cycle and nutrient circulation ...
PetaPixel   28 February 2023   South Sandwich Islands  
<p>A team of National Geographic explorers led by Renan Ozturk and Emma Nicholson was able to reach the summit crater of Mount Michel &mdash; a remote stratovolcano &mdash; and confirm the existence of one of nature&rsquo;s rarest phenomenons: a lava lake.</p ...
Idaho Capital Sun   23 February 2023   USA  
<p>The volcanic character of Yellowstone has long been known. An indigenous map drawn on a bison pelt indicating a volcano on the Yellowstone River was described by the governor of Louisiana Territory in an 1805 letter to Thomas Jefferson.<br />The first formal ...