Mount Shasta, California
Mount Shasta (Karuk: Úytaahkoo or “White Mountain”), the highest point in the Cascade Range (14,162 feet (4,317 meters)), is located in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest…
Geography
Could The “Dark Watchers” Of Santa Lucia And “Am Fear Liath Mòr” Be The Same Phenomenon?
Hikers in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California have reported the presence of “Dark Watchers” for centuries. Since the 1700s, long, featureless silhouettes have seen…
Comet Collision Allowed Astronomers To Measure Stratospheric Winds Of Jupiter For First Time
Astronomers have finally measured the speed of stratospheric winds at Jupiter’s South Pole. These currents travel at speeds of up to 1,450 kilometers (900 miles)…
Mount Hood, Portland
Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc, and it is one of the most climbed glaciated peaks in North America,…
Shetland Islands, Scotland
Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland; Scots: Shetland; Norn: Hjetland), also known as Zetland or Shetland, is a group of around 100 islands in Scotland, with less…
Perseverance Records First Laser Shots On Mars And It’s A “Snap!” Not A “Pew!”
Audio – which is “Snap Snap?” More like “Pew Pew!” – This is the first sound recording of a laser that affects a rock target…
Dust From Mars May Be The Source Of The Zodiacal Light
The dust of space has been concentrated from Mars in a way consistent with it. This may encourage theories of the origin of the phenomenon…
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Saint Helens (known as Lawetlat’la to the Indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat), is a volcanic mountain in the Cascade…
Al Jazirah Al Hamra: The Ghost Town
Al Jazirah Al Hamra (Arabic: الجزيرة الحمراء, English: The Red Island) is a surviving emblem of the once-thriving pearl fishing village, whose name in Arabic…
Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
The Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) in northern Ethiopia is a beautiful landscape, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys, and steep precipices falling 1,500 meters…
Mount Pinatubo, Philippine
Mount Pinatubo (Sambal: Bakil nin Pinatobo; Kapampangan: Bunduk/Bulkan ning Pinatubu, Bunduk ning Apu Malyari; Pangasinan: Palandey/Bulkan na Pinatubu; Ilocano: Bantay Pinatubo; Tagalog: Bundok/Bulkang Pinatubo IPA:…
Perseverance Has Beamed Back Its First 360-Degree Panorama Of Mars And It’s Stunning
Perseverance landed safely on the surface of Mars last week and it was a spectacular feat. The rover did not rest on its laurels and…
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