Larry Bleiberg from USA Today asked my help in designing a list of 10 great places to see geology in action and I was quite thrilled to participate. The article appears in the travel section of this weekend's edition. I had to think pretty fast, and we came up with the list that appears below.Grand Canyon (above)
Death Valley (below)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, and Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
(for the coral reefs, past and present; but I don't have pictures)
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
San Andreas Fault, California (Carrizo Plains and Point Reyes)
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (no picture for this one either...)
I'm wondering what places you would have mentioned...
8 comments:
Glacier!! :)
Glacier Bay & Iceland of course. Otherwise you've covered it well.
Congrats on becoming super-famous! How long will we have to wait in line for your autograph in Bishop??
Can't argue at all with your great choices. Speaking of which, Mrs Phreatic & I were in Carrizo two Saturdays ago and saw an AMAZING display of wildflowers. I posted some of the better shots on Phreatic Ramblings.
I guess Eyjafjallajökull is the place to go right now!
It's a great list of spectacular places - although as a corollary, I like to make the point that you can also see geology in action on any beach, or river bed...
Garry - you should check out the Red River Gorge Geological Area in east-central Kentucky. It has over 100 natural sandstone arches, making it the greatest concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains. Red River Gorge is also known for the many unusual rock formations and sandstone cliffs in the area. Here a link:
http://www.hikinginthesmokys.com/red_river_gorge.htm
Jeff
Dinosaur National Monument! Isle Royale! These are in addition to the fine list you put together.
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物，主要有五種葷菜，合稱五葷，佛家與道家所指有異。
近代則訛稱含有動物性成分的餐飲食物為「葷菜」，事實上這在古代是稱
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（重定向自五辛） 佛家五葷
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興渠另說為洋蔥。) 肉 蛋 奶?!
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Great pictures! Mother Nature sets a beautiful table.
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