https://mountainmystery.com/2017/04/26/how-naive-are-scientists/2017-04-26T13:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2017/01/25/a-creationist-speaker-comes-to-town/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lucy-jaw-bones.jpgSkeletons of chimpanzee (left), the australopithecine specimen AL 288-1 (“Lucy”) (middle), and a modern human (right), with anatomical traits numbered according to Table 1. Numbers that represent humanlike states are underlined. Source: Were Australopithecines Ape–Human Intermediates or Just Apes? A Test of Both Hypotheses Using the “Lucy” Skeleton, by Prof. Phil Senter (Fayetteville State University, NC)http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/File/pdfs/american_biology_teacher/2010/February%202010/FebABTonline.pdfhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/j-sarfati2.jpgJonathan Sarfati, YE creationist author and speaker. Source: http://creation.com/dr-jonathan-d-sarfatihttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/moa-bone-dna.jpgResidual DNA in fossil moa leg bones [ "The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils", Morten E. Allentoft, et al. Proc. R. Soc. B (2012) 279, 4724–4733].https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/virus-fitness-distribution.jpgSource: “Mutations” Wikipedia article.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/expansion-of-universe.jpgCosmic history. Credit: NASA/WMAP science teamhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/evol-tetrapods-from-tik-nature2006.jpgSource: P. E. Ahlberg and J. A. Clack, Nature 440, 747-749 (2006)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/evol-tetrapods-padian.jpgSource: K. Padian, Integra Comp Biol 2008; 48: 175-88, reproduced in A. Thanukos, Evolution: Education and Outreach 2009; 2: 84-89.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/siccar-point.jpgAngular Unconformity at Siccar Point, Scotland. Siccar Point, Scotland (Photo: Wikipedia “Hutton’s Unconformity”)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/harris-poll-evolution.jpgHarris Poll excerpt. Source: https://ncse.com/library-resource/americans-scientific-knowledge-beliefs-human-evolution-yearhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/answers-ingen-2014-a_1219.jpgAnswers magazine, Oct-Dec 2014 issue2017-01-25T17:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2017/01/10/the-center/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/map-of-croatia-lekenik.jpgmap-of-croatia-lekenikIs Lekenik Croatia's center of balance?https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rugby-nd.jpgrugby-ndhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/map-of-croatia-edits.jpgmap-of-croatia-editshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mercer-county-map1.jpgmercer-county-maphttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sask-map.jpgsask-map2017-01-10T20:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2017/01/05/earth-shaking-selfies/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/seiswave-from-app.jpgseiswave-from-appMyShake app tests in the lab: X and Y components of accelerometer are horizontal; the Z-waveform is due to vertical acceleration of 0.5g.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/myshake.jpgmyshake2017-01-06T05:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/12/22/why-non-experts-are-experts/2016-12-23T19:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/12/20/december-20-light-up-day/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/broadway-lights.jpgbroadway-lightshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/first-christmas-lights.jpgfirst-christmas-lightshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/martin-luthers-tree-c-1530.jpgmartin-luthers-tree-c-1530Matin Luther's Combustible Christmas Tree.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/edisons-glass-globe-post-1879.jpgedisons-glass-globe-post-18792016-12-20T17:22:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/12/09/naming-schools-after-nobel-laureates/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drosophila.jpgdrosophilahttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/th-morgan-bio-bldg.jpgth-morgan-bio-bldghttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thomas-hunt-morgan.jpgthomas-hunt-morganhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/expanding-universe.jpgexpanding-universehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/abdus-salam.jpgabdus-salamAbdus Salam2016-12-09T17:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/06/10/how-hot-is-hot/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/blacksquare.jpgblacksquareSorry, photograph of the core-mantle boundary is temporarily unavailable.2016-12-08T16:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/05/29/nepals-missing-volcanoes/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/himalays.jpgHimalayshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/water-and-volcano-in-hawaii.jpgwater and volcano in Hawaiihttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limu_o_Pele.jpg2025-01-02T10:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/10/05/geoscience-nobels/2016-10-17T03:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/09/26/free-course-on-remote-sensing-for-water-exploration/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dvd-sleeve-front.jpgdvd-sleeve-front2016-09-26T19:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/09/07/horses-barns-and-earthquakes/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/moment_release_ok_daniel_mcnamara.jpgmoment_release_OK_daniel_mcnamara2016-09-26T04:19:42+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/09/04/going-on-four-billion/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nutmans-photo.jpgNutman's photoA 3.7-billion-year-old rock with signs of associated life: Analysis of ancient rocks shows evidence of conical stromatolite-like structures (outlines indicated by dotted black lines) that are possible hallmarks of bacterial activity. Scale bar equals four centimeters. (Allen Nutman)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fossil-stroms.jpgfossil stromshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/james-hutton.jpgJames Huttonhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bishop-ussher.jpgBishop Ussherhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/greenland_stroms.gifGreenland_stroms2016-09-04T19:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/08/19/tunguskas-kulik/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kulik.jpgKulikhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tunguska-trees.jpgTunguska treeshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tunguska-landsat.jpgTunguska LandsatLandsat image of Tunguska site today: still isolated and unpopulated.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kuliks-1929-photo-of-tunguska.jpgKulik's 1929 photo of TunguskaKulik's 1929 photo of Tunguska2016-08-19T12:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/10/21/canadian-scientists-hopeful-under-trudeau-administration/2016-08-18T19:59:45+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/08/12/oceans-of-magma-moon-formation-and-earths-year-zero/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f9_5.pngArtist’s impression of the impact of a roughly Mars-size planet with the proto-Earth to form an incandescent cloud, from part of which the Moon formed.2016-08-18T19:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/07/28/the-bees-sixth-sense/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bees-use-of-magnetism.jpgTheoretical affect of magnetic fields on bee navigation.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/earths-magnetic-field.jpgEarth's magnetic field: multitudes of local variations.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/combs-in-tree.jpg'Wild' combs. (Photo by Ursula Da Rugna)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tulip-poplar-blossom-bee-vision.jpgBees see in mosaic hexagons, similar (but not quite the same) to what you is shown here.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bees-eye-close-up.jpgbee's eye close-up2016-08-18T19:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/08/10/into-big-valley/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jimmy-jock.jpgJimmy Jockhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/blue-church.jpgblue churchhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/big-valley-rr1.jpgbig valley - rr1https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/big-valley-roundhouse.jpgbig valley - roundhouseBig Valley Roundhousehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/big-valley-aerial.jpgbig valley - aerialAerial of abandoned roundhousehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/alberta-oil.jpgAlberta oilTwo flavours of Alberta, Canada oil2016-08-11T16:27:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/08/05/creation-science-museum-part-2/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/curio-wall.jpgcurio wallA curio shop of evidencehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fossilized-human-leg.jpgfossilized human leghttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rocks-kissing.jpgCooper State park rockshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/argue-violently.jpgargue violentlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bvcsm-admissions.jpgBVCSM admissionshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/descent-from-adam.jpgDescent from Adam2016-08-06T16:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/08/04/creation-science-museum-part-1/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/royal-tyrrell.jpgroyal tyrrellhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tyrrell-field-station.jpgTyrrell field station Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology: Field Station (Credit: Miksha)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dinos-and-humans.jpgdinos and humansCome back tomorrow and see what else is on display!https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tyrrell-museum-with-steg.jpgRoyal Tyrrell Museum of PalaeontologyRoyal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Credit: Miksha)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/bvcsm-entrance.jpgBig Valley Creation Science Museum EntranceBig Valley Creation Science Museum Entrancehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/noahs-ark-on-ararat-by-simon-de-myle-1570.jpgNoah's Ark on Ararat by Simon de Myle, 1570 noahs-ark-on-ararat-by-simon-de-myle-15702024-09-10T00:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/10/08/the-morning-after/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/may-21-sign.jpgmay 21 signhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1990-age-97.jpg1990 age 97My Saskatchewan cowboy friend, at age 97, in 1990.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/armageddon-explosion.jpgArmageddon ExplosionThis could be you. The October 7, 2011 Apocalypse.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/camping.jpgCamping"Harold Camping" by Source (WP:NFCC#4). 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(Source: NASA)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/hawaiian-beach.jpgHawaiian beach2016-05-24T16:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/04/29/earth-expands-on-mystery-diet/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/rift-map.jpgrift mapHeezen and Tharp's Rift Map, 1957.2016-05-24T20:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/03/21/cuba-america-and-oil/2026-01-12T12:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/28/broken-crystals/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rene-just-hauy.jpgRene Just Hauyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/calcite-on-fossil-shell.jpgcalcite on fossil shellCalcite crystals growing on fossil shell. (Source; Wikipedia)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/eiffel-tower-in-1888.jpgEiffel Tower in 18882016-03-20T01:39:03+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/12/charles-darwin-the-geologist-2/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/danas-prehistoric-man.jpgPrehistoric Man, from Dana's Manual of Geologyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/young-darwin.jpgyoung Darwinhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/darwins-coral-atoll.jpgDarwin's drawing of a Pacific atoll, 1842https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/james-dana.jpgJames Dana, at age 71https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ridiculing-darwin-hornet-magazine-1871.jpgRidiculing Darwin, Hornet magazine 18712016-02-25T21:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/07/03/pele-stirring/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/275-pele-2.jpg275 pele-2Godess making mountains.2016-02-11T05:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/07/wegeners-death-and-drifts-hiatus/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/reginald-daly.jpgReginald Dalyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/alexander-du-toit.jpgAlexander du Toithttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fritz-loewe.jpgFritz LoeweFritz Loewe, right, suffering frostbitehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/nyt-headline.jpgNYT headlinehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wegener-snowman.jpgWegener snowmanAlfred Wegener, 1930, in Greenland2025-05-11T20:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/05/12/after-wegener/2016-02-06T21:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/03/100-years-of-drift-part-1/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/snug-as-spoons.jpgsnug as spoonshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/humboldt-university.pngHumboldt UniversityHumboldt Universityhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sniders-worldview.jpgSnider's worldviewSnider-Pelligrini's 1858 map of continental drifthttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/alfred_wegener_1910.jpgAlfred Wegener, 1910 (30 Jahre)30-year-old Alfred Wegener in 1910https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/153-wegener-in-greenland-1930.jpg153 Wegener in Greenland-1930Alfred Wegener, in Greenland, 19302016-02-06T21:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/06/100-years-of-drift-part-4/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/heavy-load.gifheavy-loadhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1928-aapg-cover.jpg1928 aapg coverhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wegener-during-the-war.jpgWegener during the warWegener, his wife and daughter, 1916https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/no-to-drift.jpgNo to DriftAlthough the American geologists never took their fight to the streets, there opposition to continental drift was spirited.2016-02-07T19:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/04/100-years-of-drift-part-2/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wegener.jpgWegenerhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/glacial-striations-on-pangaea-e1454603335571.jpgglacial striations on PangaeaPangaea's proposed visit to the south pole. Lines indicate glacial striations.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/continental-drift-creatures.jpgcontinental drift creatureshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-beasts.jpg2 beasts2016-02-06T00:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/02/05/100-years-of-drift-part-3/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wegener-pipe-outdoors.jpgwegener pipe outdoorshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wegener-and-dog.jpgwegener and dogAlfred Wegener with a best friend, Greenland Expeditionhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kontinente_und_ozeane-map.jpgKontinente_und_Ozeane maphttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wegener_kontinente.jpgWegener_Kontinente2016-02-06T09:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/03/15/ted-cruz-the-science-guy/2016-02-03T17:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/06/the-age-of-man/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/goldentoad-extinct1989.jpggoldentoad-extinct1989https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pollution.jpgpollutionhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lima-peru.jpglima peruhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/garbage.jpggarbagehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dodobird.jpgdodobirdhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/neanderthal.jpgneanderthal2016-02-02T15:51:16+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/01/24/throwing-spitballs-in-geology-class/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/classroom-sample.jpgclassroom samplehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/howard-throwing-a-spitball.jpgHoward throwing a spitballHoward would enjoy geology more.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/geology-class-rules.jpggeology class rulesRule #1 (credit)2016-01-25T19:18:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2016/01/08/have-geophysicists-found-suleiman-the-magnificents-heart/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/szigetvar-cannon-balls.jpgSzigetvar cannon ballsSome of the 10,000 cannon balls launched at Szigetvar during the 1566 siege. (Credit: Miksha)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/the-dig.jpgthe digDig site searching for Suleiman's shrine.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/monuments-to-zrinski-and-szuleiman.jpgmonuments to zrinski and szuleimanMonuments to Zrinski and Suleimanhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gpr-gram.jpgGPR gramTypical GPR radargram. 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Schiaparelli's 1888 Mars map.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/water-of-mars-1.jpgwater of Mars 1Water has been found on Mars. But it's not the first time.2015-10-07T02:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/30/pope-francis-and-the-magic-wand/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/popefrancis.jpgpopefrancishttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/popefrancisunveiling.jpgpopefrancisunveilingPope Francis at Vatican unveiling - October 27. 2015-10-03T02:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/09/16/break-up-of-the-animals/2015-09-17T01:53:50+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/09/12/geosyncline-celebration/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/geosyncline-chart-2.jpgGeosyncline chartCross-section of New York to Vermont (Mio)Geosyncline.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/james-hall.jpgJames HallJames Hall, American geologist and paleontologist. (1811-1898)2015-09-12T17:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/08/13/newton-and-the-speed-of-sound/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/reflection.jpgreflectionSound reflecting from inside the Earth, ala Newton.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/newton-younger-age.jpgNewton, younger ageSir Isaac, about the time he was studying sound at Trinity.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/newtonian-echo1.jpgNewtonian EchoHand clap, the major peak, occurred at 0.40 seconds, while the echo is heard at 0.77 seconds. 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Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens_la.svg#/media/File:Spreading_homo_sapiens_la.svghttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/isotopic_stages_hg.pngFrom analysing the Oxygen isotope ratios recorded in the foram tests, we can see many warm and cold stages throughout the past. (Image by Hannes Grobe Public Domain)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/phanerozoic_biodiversity_blank_01.png"Phanerozoic biodiversity blank 01" by Philcha (talk) 13:39, 10 January 2009 (UTC) - Image:Phanerozoic Biodiversity.svg by Albert Mestre. 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Or just barefoot.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dino-at-tyrrell-51.jpgdino at tyrrell 5https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/michele-bachmann.jpgMichele BachmannMs Bachmannhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dino-at-tyrrell-5.jpgdino at tyrrell 52017-09-27T18:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/06/03/scotlands-verbose-expounditor-of-geological-logorrhea/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/theory-by-hutton.jpgtheory by HuttonTheory of the Earth - the book of modern geologyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sir-henry-raeburn-james-hutton-1775.jpgSir Henry Raeburn - James Hutton, 1775Hutton, 1775https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/oysters.jpgoystershttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hutton-1787.jpgHutton, 1787James Hutton (1726-97) in the field. 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the day after the quake that killed thousands.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/canadian-jeanette.jpgCanadian Jeanettehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/canadian-in-nepal.jpgCanadian in NepalA Canadian in Nepal2015-05-02T04:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/05/12/the-dustbowl-oceanographers-birthday/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/waves.jpgwaveshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dustbowl-small.jpgFSA/8b27000/8b272008b27276.tif2015-04-28T22:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/05/17/its-different/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/amoseaton-e1400344815527.jpggeologist Amos Eaton Amos Eaton2015-04-28T22:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/05/21/doodling-mary-anning/2016-05-29T07:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/06/21/the-death-of-heezen/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/heezen.jpgheezenBruce Heezen, 19752023-01-24T04:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/07/11/boring-mountains/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sommeillertunneler.jpgsommeillertunnelerThe Sommeiller Mountain-Boring Machine2015-04-28T22:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/05/seismic-saves-the-world/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/abombin-pacific.jpgabombin pacificThe Pacific Ocean, before the 1963 Test Ban Treaty2015-04-28T22:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/07/zero-degrees-of-kelvin/2015-04-28T22:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/16/the-billion-year-discovery/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/holmes.jpgholmesArthur Holmes, 1912https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/zircon.jpgzirconAll that sparkles is not gold. It could be zircon.2015-04-28T22:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/24/popular-but-wrong/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/turtlesrafting.jpgturtlesraftingOccasionally, rafting was a useful mechanism for species dispersal.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mesosaurus.jpgmesosaurusMisplaced Mesosaur2015-04-28T22:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/26/tuzo/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tuzo-wilson.jpgTuzo WilsonTuzo Wilson, 1908-1991https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tuzo-unglazed.jpgTuzo Unglazedhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tuzo-wilson-and-globe-tv.jpgTuzo Wilson and globe (TV)Tuzo Wilson, explaining Earth's plumbing.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tuzo-planet-of-man.jpgTuzo Planet of ManTuzo's Planet of Man series2015-04-28T22:33:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/01/17/ben-franklin-geophysicist/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ben-franklin-and-kite.jpgBen Franklin and kiteFranklin's science experiment chases cheribs away.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nanny-state.jpgNanny State<href a= "http://www.esoterically.net/2011/02/25/friday-night-cartoons-02-25-11"/(credit)</a>https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tallow-chandler.jpgtallow chandlerhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/franklin-painted-in-1757-by-d-martin.jpgFranklin painted in 1757 by D MartinFranklin, painted in 1757 by D Martin.2015-04-28T22:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/01/23/riding-the-moho/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/moho-diagram2.jpgmoho diagram2https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/moho-diagram.jpgmoho diagramMoho sketch of 2 routes for earthquake wave energy. (Source: Wikipediahttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/clouds.jpgcloudshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/photo-of-mohorovicic.jpgPhoto of MohorovicicPhotograph of Mohorovičić at age 70, in 1926https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mohorovicic1.jpgMohorovicichttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mohorovicic.jpgMohorovicichttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/moho-curves.jpgmoho curvesSeismic waves from the Moho – graphs labelled in Latin, German, and Croatian2015-04-28T22:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/12/charles-darwin-the-geologist/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/danas-prehistoric-man.jpgDana's prehistoric manPrehistoric Man, from Dana's Manual of Geologyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/james-dana.jpgJames DanaJames Dana, at age 71https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/young-darwin.jpgyoung Darwinhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/darwins-coral-atoll.jpgDarwin's coral atollDarwin's drawing of a Pacific atoll, 1842https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ridiculing-darwin-hornet-magazine-1871.jpgRidiculing Darwin, Hornet magazine 1871Ridiculing Darwin, Hornet magazine 18712016-02-12T21:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/16/geology-presidents-day/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jefferson.jpgJeffersonhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wooly-mammoth.jpgwooly mammothWooly mammoth, 2015-04-28T22:31:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/17/heresy-without-redemption/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/witchtorture.jpgwitchtorturehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/renaissance-peasant.jpgrenaissance peasanthttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ark-noah.jpgark noahhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bruno.jpgBruno2015-04-28T22:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/03/01/history-of-a-science-historian/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cohen-principia.jpgCohen PrincipiaCohen's greatest contributionhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ib-cohen-harvard-gazette.jpgIB Cohen, Harvard GazetteI.B. Cohen, Harvard Press releasehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cohen-rev-in-science.jpgCohen Rev in Science2015-04-28T22:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/19/a-life-well-lived/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lawrence-morley-1963.jpgLawrence Morley 1963Morley in 1963https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mag-intensity-nwt.jpgMag Intensity NWTGSC Magnetic Intensity NWT: tight circles could indicate diamond-rich kimberlite pipeshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/morley-at-88.jpgMorley at 88Morley in 2008https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/silfra-rift.jpgSilfra RiftIceland's Silfra Rift: North America, left, Europe, right. (Image credit: Davido69 Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/davido69/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wegener-at-the-arctic.jpgWegener at the ArcticAlfred Wegener, 1929.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/zebra-pattern.jpgZebra PatternMagnetic zebra-pattern, acquired along US-Canada west coast, 1957. (Image by permission of Geological Society of America)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/morley-duvernet-and-plane.jpgMorley, DuVernet, and planeLawrence Morley, left, with pilot Fred DuVernet in front of the Geological Survey of Canada's aeromag collection plane, around 1952. (Image used with permission of the GSC)2015-04-28T22:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/30/has-cuba-got-oil/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cuban-oil-well-on-beach.jpgCuban oil well on beachOil well on Cuban beachhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/usgs-dogs-breakfast.jpgUSGS Dog's BreakfastA Dog's Breakfast of geological puzzlement - USGS Cuba Structure Schematichttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cuban-village.jpgCuban villagehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/revolution.jpgRevolutionLet's concentrate on geologyhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/castro.jpgCastroHavana lawyer, Dr Fidel Castro, in Washington DC, 1959.2015-04-28T22:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/27/katmandown/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kat2014-151.jpgkat2014-15Katmandu temple: 2014, left; 2015, righthttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lamjung-nepal.jpgLamjung, NepalLamjung, Nepal. (Photo by https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kat-usgs-and-ghi.jpgkat-USGS and GHIMap prepared by Geohazards International, using US Geological Survey information.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kat2014-15.jpgkat2014-15Katmandu: 2014, left; 2015, righthttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kat2015.jpgkat2015https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kat2014.jpgkat2014Katmandu - 2014, left; 2015, right.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/katmandu-in-an-auto.jpgKatmandu in an autohttp://geohaz.org/news/images/publications/KathmanduEarthquakeScenario.pdf2015-04-27T19:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/25/sit-on-a-continent-go-for-a-ride/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/plate-motion-map.jpgplate motion mapArrows indicate plate movement with respect to the African Plate.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/calgary-plate-motion.jpgCalgary Plate Motionhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/plate-motion-table.jpgPlate Motion Tablehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/long-nails.jpglong nailsMy continent moves at a nail's pace. This is what it did since 2009.2015-04-25T19:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/19/chile-shaking-it-will-happen-again-of-course/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chilequake-concepcion.jpgchilequake-concepcionConcepcion, Chile - 2010https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chilequakehonedrums.jpgchilequakehonedrumsDrums of honey - smashed, shaken, and stirred.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chilejaneronbees.jpgchilejaneronbeesMy sister and I - among the Chilean bees.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chilequake-bees1.jpgchilequake-bees1Beehives in Chile - shaken and stirred after the 2010 earthquake.2015-04-24T15:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/21/curse-of-the-petrified-tree-trunks/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/einsteins-tongue.jpgEinstein's tonguehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/red-wood.jpgred woodArizona Red Woodhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/petrified-logs.jpgpetrified logsArizona's Petrified Logshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hillbilly-car.jpghillbilly car2015-04-21T12:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/23/canadas-deceptive-arm/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/canarm-nasa.jpgcanarm-nasaCanada Arm, photographed by NASAhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/canarm-govnt.jpgcanarm-govntCanada Arm, as seen on Government of Canada websites.2015-04-17T01:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/10/200-years-of-volcanic-legacy/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/exploding-volcano.jpgExploding VolcanoHow Tambora changed our planet.2015-04-16T22:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/08/trumpeting-the-quake/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/elephant-head.jpgelephant headhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aurora.jpgaurorahttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/howling-wolf.jpgHowling wolfhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/housequake.jpghousequakehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/barbar-reading.jpgBarbar readinghttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/elephantcharging.jpgelephantchargingWhy is this elephant running?2015-04-09T03:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/04/03/finger-pointing-frustrations/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/blockparadoxseism.jpgExpansion of seismicity from the Paradox Valley injection well over time. (Block et al., Seism. Res. Lett., 2014).2015-04-06T15:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/30/the-colour-blind-geologist/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/seismic-display1.jpgseismic displaySeismic wiggleshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cama-cat.jpgcama catCama Cat (CCO via Pixabay)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/graniteoutcropmap.jpggraniteoutcropmapI have no idea what this is.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/greentomatoes.jpggreentomatoesAccording to Wikipedia, these are green tomatoes. (CC-Wiki via User:Ks.mini)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/colorblindglasses.jpgcolorblindglassesCool colour-correcting glasses, from EnChoma.2025-03-09T18:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/03/21/rare-earths-in-rare-places/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rare-earths.jpgrare earthshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element#/media/File:Rareearthoxides.jpghttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ron-at-machu-pichu.jpgRon at Machu Pichuhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ron-and-friends-at-machu-pichu.jpgRon and friends at Machu Pichuhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/altiplano.jpgAltiplanohttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/china-flag.jpgChina Flag2015-03-21T12:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/03/14/yummy-buffons-pi/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/needles-on-wooden-floor.jpgneedles on wooden floor"Needles" on the floorhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/count-buffon.jpgCount BuffonLouis-George LeClerke, the Count of Buffonhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/archi-pi.jpgArchi piArchimedes inscribes pi.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/um-pi.jpgum pi2015-03-15T01:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/03/09/creationism-and-the-grand-conjectural-canyon/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/divider.jpgdividerhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/grand_canyon_in_fog.jpgFeatured Image -- 1178https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/grand-canyon-strata.gifFigure 1 from When and How Did the Grand Canyon Form? by Snelling and Vail.2015-03-10T01:01:44+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/03/07/the-painfully-seated-camel/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/geological-time-scale-2.jpggeological time scale 2https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/jura-creux-du-van-switzerland.jpgJura Creux du Van, SwitzerlandJura Creux du Van, Switzerland<br>Jurassic rocks by birthdate and birth placehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/charles-lyell.jpgCharles LyellCharles Lyell in 1840.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sitting-camel.jpgSitting Camel2015-03-07T14:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/28/goodbye-from-vulcan/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/spock-hand.jpgspock handhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ron-and-spock.jpgRon and Spockhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vulcan-enterprise.jpgvulcan enterprisehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/transporter-room-with-spock.jpgTransporter room with spockIn the transporter room with Spock. I believe he has left the planet.2015-02-28T22:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/20/the-eternal-fires-of-coal/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/centralia-coal-seam-fire.jpgCentralia coal seam fireCentralia, Pennsylvania. An urban hotspot.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/burning-mountain-nsw.jpgBurning Mountain, NSWhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/coal-fire-surface.jpgcoal fire surfacehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/coal-fire-in-china.jpgcoal fire in ChinaChinese coal bed firehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rustbelt.jpgrustbeltRustbelt America2015-02-21T13:13:22+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/08/worlds-biggest-fracking-quake/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tragedy-of-the-commons.jpgTragedy of the Commonshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/marcellus-shale.jpgMarcellus shaleMarcellus Shale - <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarcellusShaleCloseUp.jpg">Photo credit: PD by Lvklook</a>https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/putin-and-soldiers.jpgputin and soldiershttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/rolling-coal.jpgrolling coalhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nixon-pointing-things-out.jpgNixon, pointing things outNixon, pointing out the advantages of an Evironmental Protection Agency.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/oklahoma-quake-graph.jpgOklahoma quake graph2015-02-26T00:14:22+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/06/06/oklahoma-an-earthquake-hot-spot/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/oklahomaseismicity.jpgoklahomaseismicityUSGS Oklahoma Seismicity Map2015-02-08T14:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/02/07/the-geoscientists-blind-spot/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/provoshorelines1.jpgProvo shorelines of Lake Bonneville, from Gilbert, USGS PP 1, 1890.2015-02-07T22:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/01/27/tibetan-mountain-mystery/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/a-meyerhoff.jpgA MeyerhoffArthur Meyerhoff (1928-1994)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/india-moving.jpgIndia movinghttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tibet-plateau-photo.jpgTibet plateau photoTibet Plateau2015-01-27T22:12:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/01/12/tonga-shakes-again/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/subduction-seismic.jpgSubduction SeismicSeismic of an oceanic subduction zone - image modelled by Ron Mikshahttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tonga-location.jpgtonga locationTonga - rather remotehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tonga-beach.jpgTonga beachTonga. The most active seismic area in the world.2015-01-13T02:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2015/01/06/ethical-de-extinction/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dodobird.jpgdodobirdDodo, painted by F W Frohawk, 1905https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/woolemia.jpgWoolemiaWoolemia nobilis, photo by https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/mammoth.jpgMammothhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eating-mammoth.jpgEating mammothEating mammoth meat.2016-07-18T01:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/31/2014-as-we-saw-it/2014-12-31T15:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/the-book/2017-11-01T17:28:57+00:00weekly0.6https://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/14/the-greatest-science-quotes/2014-12-26T13:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/24/ghosts-of-christmas-cold/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dickens-at-age-49-photo-by-george-herbert-watkins.jpgDickens at age 49, photo by George Herbert WatkinsDickens at age 49, photo by George Herbert Watkinshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hunters-by-brueghel.jpgHunters by BrueghelHunters in the Snow by Brueghel, 1565https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/likelihood-of-snow.jpgLikelihood of snowProbability of snow in the lower states.2014-12-24T21:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/23/catastrophic-floods/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lake-agassiz1.jpgLake Agassizhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/submerged.jpgSubmergedSubmerged ancients.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/black-sea-map.jpgBlack Sea MapBlack Sea, breaching the Bosophoroushttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lake-agassiz.jpgLake AgassizPossible Agassiz Drain Routehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gustave-dorc3a9-the-holy-bible-plate-i-the-deluge.jpgGustave Doré - The Holy Bible - Plate I, The DelugeGustave Doré - The Deluge2015-01-01T16:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/22/fat-cops-skinny-scientists/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fat-scientist.jpgfat scientistFat scientisthttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/skinny-cop.jpgskinny copSkinny cop2014-12-22T14:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/18/a-wonderful-life/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pikaia-wiki.jpgPikaia - wikiPikaia, arguably your grandfather's ancestorhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hallucigenia-wiki.jpgHallucigenia -wikiHallucigenia - not your grandfather's ancestor.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gould-1982-cover-newsweek.jpgGould 1982 cover NewsweekStephen Jay Gould, cover of Newsweek, 1982https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/newton.jpgNewtonSir isaac Newton December 25-1642 - March 31, 1727https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wonderful-life-1.jpgWonderful Life - GeorgeGeorge2014-12-19T20:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/15/dinos-101-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dino-at-tyrrell.jpgDino at TyrrellGreeter at Tyrrell Museum (photo - Miksha)2014-12-16T05:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/09/banana-peel-tectonics/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/decollement-cartoon.jpgDecollement cartoonhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mount-rundle.jpgMount RundleA classic thrust sheet - Alberta Canada's Mount Rundlehttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kiyoshi-banana.jpgKiyoshi bananaIg Nobel Laureate Kiyoshi 2014-12-10T13:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/12/03/okotoks-the-big-rock/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/glacial-train-by-guilhem-vellut-cc-by-sa-2-0.jpgglacial train by Guilhem Vellut cc-by-sa-2.0A modern glacial train, photo by Guilhem Vellut cc-by-sa-2.0https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/okorock-wideview.jpgokorock-wideviewOkotoks - aka Big Rockhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-wideview1.jpgoko-wideviewBig Rock, aka Okotokshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-withfields.jpgoko-withfieldshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-fractures-filled-with-quartz.jpgoko-fractures filled with quartzhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-fieldand-house.jpgoko-fieldand househttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-closeup.jpgoko-closeuphttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-bigview-close-ish.jpgoko-bigview, close-ishhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/oko-banding.jpgoko-banding2023-12-19T16:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/14/the-audacity-of-exploration/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rosetta_mission_selfie_at_comet.pngGrandeur, one of the principal commodities from the exploration of beautiful places.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/welcome_to_a_comet.jpgThe first image in human history returned from the surface of a comet, via our emissary, Philae.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rosetta_philae_artist_impression_close_2k1.jpgThe Philae lander dropped 10km from the mothership, Rosetta.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/about_earth4.pngHumans have been on Earth a long time. Doing what humans do.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kou01-182614-pih.jpgBELGIUM TRIAL DUTROUXhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rosetta_philae_artist_impression_close_2k.jpgFeatured Image -- 7352014-11-14T16:03:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/12/we-love-comets-but-it-wasnt-always-that-way/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1696-whiston-solar-system.jpg1696 Whiston Solar SystemWhiston's 1696 drawing of the solar system - almost good enough to use today.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/halley-and-his-sketch-model-of-earth-layers.jpgHalley and his sketch model of earth layersHalley and his sketch of the Earth's inner layers and core.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hale-bopp-comet.jpgHale Bopp cometHale-Bopp March 29 1997 photo by Philipp Salzgeber released the pictures under CC-BY-SA-2.0-AThttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/comet-67p.jpgComet 67P19 September 2014 at 28.6 km from the centre of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - photo mosaic by permission of "ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0" 2014-11-20T00:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/11/01/russias-growing-pains/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/uscanadaborder.jpguscanadaborderhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lomonosov-noaamap.jpglomonosov-noaamapThe Arctic. Image from NOAA Commons.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/norwegian-operated-by-canadian-navy.jpgNorwegian operated by Canadian NavyThe KV Svalbard, a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel. The Royal Canadian Navy plans to use this model to build half a dozen offshore patrol vessels at $4.3 billion each. Announced in 2007, none have been built, but Canadian Prime Minister Harper revealed in September 2014 that the first ship will be called the Harry DeWolf - if it is ever constructed.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/noaa-north-pole-web-cam.jpgNOAA North Pole web camUp for grabs? North Pole web cam image from US NOAA.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/us-navy-sub-near-north-pole.jpgUS Navy sub near North PoleUS Navy submarine in the Arctichttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ria_novosti-commons-arktika-nuclear-powered-ice-breaker.jpgRIA_Novosti Commons - Arktika nuclear powered ice breakerArktika - the first surface ship to reach the North Pole - credit RIA Novosti, Commons2014-11-01T15:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/24/shutting-down-the-plumes/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rhumrum-obs.jpgrhumrum-obsRetrieving a RHUM-RUM ocean-bottom seismometer in the Indian Ocean. Photo by permission of K. Sigloch.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/reunionislevolcanism.jpgreunionislevolcanismHot spot on La Réunion. Photo by Samuel Hoarau (Released to Creative Commons)2014-10-24T19:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/18/bad-russian-science/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/redstar.jpgredstarThe Red Star of approvalhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/belosouva.jpgbelosouvaVladimir Belosouva2014-10-18T18:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/14/david-suzuki-and-popular-geology/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/suzuki.jpgsuzukiDavid Suzuki, talking geology, we assume.2014-10-16T20:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/07/the-geophysics-nobel-prize/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nobelprizex.jpgnobelprizexhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nobelprizestreaked.jpgnobelprizestreakedhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/alfrednobel.jpgalfrednobelAlfred Nobel, wondering who should get this year's Nobel Prize in Geophysics.2019-09-08T21:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/05/a-hole-through-earth/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/journeytocenter.jpgjourneytocenterhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/gaucho.jpggauchohttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/holeinground.jpgholeingroundArriving in China.2014-10-10T14:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/08/light-on-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/farsideofmoon2014.jpgfarsideofmoon2014The far side of the Moon viewed in a more recent, sharper image. https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/farsideofmoon1959.jpgfarsideofmoon1959The first image of the far side of the Moon, taken by Luna 3 in October, 1959.2014-10-08T22:34:52+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/24/a-bad-day-at-the-beach/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/plinianvolcano.jpgplinianvolcanoA Plinian volcano - this one is in Alaska, but fit's Pliny's decription of Vesuvius erupting.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/duncanson_pompeii_1870.jpgduncanson_pompeii_1870Duncanson's Pompeii and Vesuvius, 1870.2014-10-07T03:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/28/hot-ash/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/draculafranken.jpgdraculafrankenBuilt out of volcanic ashes.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ontakeash.jpgontakeashVolcanic ash at Ontake, Japan.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ontakecloud.jpgontakecloudThe start of the Ontake eruption, September 27, 2014.2014-10-04T01:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/10/01/when-tectonics-started/2014-10-04T01:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/14/the-bright-side-of-solar-flares/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/aurorainyellowknife.jpgaurorainyellowknifeNorthern lights in Yellowknife. Captured in 2013 by https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/calgarynorthernlights.jpgcalgarynorthernlightsNorthern Lights over Calgary2014-09-27T12:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/25/those-who-cant-teach/2014-09-25T16:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/21/mud-flood/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mountshasta.jpgmountshastaMount Shasta in 2011https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mtshastalahar.jpgmtshastalaharSeptember 21, 2014 mud flood on Mount Shasta2014-09-22T04:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/20/a-cultural-backlash/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/suncirclestheearth.jpgsuncirclestheearthOther opinions.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/flat-earth-sheik-baaz1.jpgFlat Earth Sheik BaazContrary opinionshttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/flat-earth-sheik-baaz.jpgFlat Earth Sheik BaazContrary opinions2014-09-20T21:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/05/09/mountains-as-a-mystery/2014-09-17T03:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/07/17/swarm-of-magnetism/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/earthmagfield.jpgearthmagfieldEarth's Magnetic Field (ESA/ATG Medialab image)2014-09-15T02:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/22/dry-rising-crust/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/risingcalifdesert.jpgrisingcalifdesertCalifornia desert, moving closer to the sun2014-09-15T02:54:59+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/23/earth-rising/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1966moonfuzzy.jpg1966moonfuzzy1966 Lunar Orbiter 1: photograph of the Earth, taken from the Moon.2014-09-15T02:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/08/signs-of-plate-tectonics-on-europa-ice-plates-that-is/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/europageyser.jpgeuropageyserEuropa's geysers with Jupiter watching. (NASA)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/europaplates.jpgeuropaplatesEuropa's ice-plate system (NASA photo from the Galileo mission)https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/icedmartini.jpgicedmartiniAn iced martini - not unlike the surface of Europa2014-09-15T02:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/12/who-gave-santa-all-that-oil/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shiplostinarctic.jpgshiplostinarcticStuck in the Arctichttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/putinatdesk.jpgputinatdeskPutin, skyping friends in Siberia.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/karasea.jpgkaraseaKara Sea, Home to Oil North2014-09-15T02:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/03/into-subduction/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/slab-on-blackboard.jpgslab on blackboardOliver's "well-known sketch of a subduction plate."https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/subductionlicense.jpgsubductionlicensexkcd's take on subduction2014-09-15T02:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/04/sunday-september-7-2014-will-it-be-armageddon-day/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/endofworld.jpgendofworldhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/raymeteor.jpgraymeteorMeteor Crater, Arizona2014-09-15T02:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/09/12/whats-that-smell/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/destruction-of-s-and-g-by-martin-1852.jpgdestruction of s and g by Martin, 1852God's Wrath, by John Martin, 1852https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sulphur-sm.jpgsulphur-smhttps://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bardarbunga.jpgbardarbungaBardarbunga, photo in Creative Commons by Peter Hartree2014-09-15T02:37:24+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/16/whos-got-mantle/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/earth-moon-cores.jpgearth-moon coresEarth, left, Moon, right: their cores are showing.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chocoearth.jpgchocoearthModel of layered Earth: cooling may result in boundary phase changes.https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/buzzaldrinseismic.jpgbuzzaldrinseismicBuzz Aldrin, setting up a seismic detector in 1969. The solar systems's first luno-phone.2014-09-15T02:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/08/01/oblated-spheroids-anyone/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dervish.jpgdervishWhirling Dervishly2014-09-15T02:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/07/31/earthquake-prophets/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/brickhousein-charleston.jpgbrickhousein charlestonA Charleston home, the day after the quake.2014-09-15T02:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/07/26/conspiracies-are-everywhere/2014-09-15T02:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/07/19/alaska-knows/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1964alaska.jpg1964alaska4th Avenue, Anchorage2014-09-15T02:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/06/16/earth-mid-life-crisis/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/maninhammock.jpgmaninhammock2014-09-15T02:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/2014/05/13/columbus-rides-again/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/columbus-landing.jpgcolumbus landing2016-05-29T07:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.com/about/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mountainmysterycover.jpgMountainMysteryCover2015-05-09T00:14:07+00:00weekly0.6https://mountainmystery.com/2014/06/19/mountains-by-destruction/https://mountainmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/manoftanaronlame-de-facibelle.jpgmanoftanaron(Lame de Facibelle)The Blade - vertical beds of sandstone2014-08-03T03:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://mountainmystery.comdaily1.02026-01-12T12:08:51+00:00