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Herculaneum: Digging Deep
The sign said, “Entrust your thoughts to the pomegranate tree.”
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Volcanic Change
A lot of things are percolating deep down, laying a foundation for change.
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Kilauea Iki: Walking on a Lava Lake
“What a great adventure!”
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Chaos Reigns
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
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Mount St. Helens
How it’s doing 40 years after it erupted.
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Tragic Nostalgia
As I write this blog entry, I’m watching video footage of the eruption of Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano. It’s about 50 miles southeast of Mexico City, and I have been on its slopes. It has erupted about a dozen times since then, and it always brings me back to that long ago visit. Although I didn’t…
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Thermal Features in Yellowstone
The reason Yellowstone was made into the first national park on the planet is its unique thermal features. There were many times during my recent visit when I felt as if I were on another planet entirely. Nature there just doesn’t behave the way it does anyplace else I’ve ever been. It’s really quite fascinating.…