An image of sand dunes and interdune salt flats from Rub' al Khali, the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula. This vast sandy desert covers large parts of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. This image was on NASA's Image of the Day Gallery for October 20, 2008. Take a look at …
Category: Geology
Granite tables and countertops
McDonalds restaurants in Romania are superior to McDonalds in the U.S.A. The food is better, the service is better, they ask which Happy Meal toy your child wants, and... the tables are made out of beautiful SOLID GRANITE! If it weren't for "Super Size Me," these tables would be enough to make any geologist eat …
Following more wrong footprints
The speaker at the young-Earth creationist seminar I'm attending also referred to the Robledos Mountains human footprint, allegedly found in Permian rocks of New Mexico. Again, I'm highly skeptical. Here it is: If this were genuine, it would be the most precious fossil in the entire world. It would be in a glass case in …
Following the wrong footprints
I've been attending a seminar presented by a smaller young-Earth creationist organization. I respect the speakers for their commitment to the inerrancy of Scriptures, and their proclamation of the gospel. I share their trust in the Bible, and my heart is lifted any time I hear Christ proclaimed as God's sacrifice to take away our …
Denver geologic map
The US Geological Survey has published the Geologic Map of the Denver West 30' x 60' Quadrangle, North-Central Colorado. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a good geologic map can be worth a thousand pictures. The geological story told by this map portrays 1.79 billion years of sedimentation, igneous activity, metamorphism, deformation, …
The Bible Rocks — endorsements
I received my copy of The Bible, Rocks, and Time yesterday (I thought I wouldn't get it until October!). Here are some of the endorsements from inside the front cover: What an enjoyable tour of the history of geology, the interaction between geological study and biblical exegesis, and the current field of geology itself! Professors …
Auf der Geoblogosphäre
Thank you to geoberg.de for listing The GeoChristian as part of their geoblogosphere (their list of significant geology blogs). The GeoChristian von Kevin Nelstead - verschiedene Geothemen, die sich auch mit Kreationismus aus der Sicht eines Christen befassen My translation: The GeoChristian by Kevin Nelstead -- different geology topics, concerned also with creationism from the …
Coprolites
Earth Magazine (formerly GeoTimes) has an article on coprolites (fossilized dung): It's a Dirty Job, But Someone's Gotta Do It. The article goes into a little history of coprolitology (my word), how to tell if a rock is a petrified turd, and how to tell "who dung it." Image: a foot-long carniverous dinosaur coprolite from …
India’s Katrina
Heavy monsoon flooding in India has claimed close to 1000 lives, and millions more have been displaced. The most dramatic event has been the abrupt change of course of the Kosi River in northern India. The Kosi River flows from the Himalaya Mountains into the Indian state of Bihar. The flood-swollen river has broken through …
The Bible Rocks
Back in the 1980s, a key book providing both Biblical and geological evidence for an old age for the Earth was Christianity and the Age of the Earth by Davis Young, professor of Geology at Calvin College. It is still a useful book, but it is about to be superseded by The Bible, Rocks, and …
Month old pictures from Chaiten Volcano, Chile
I'm a little slow. Maybe you saw these over a month ago. Good pictures of the May eruption of Chaiten Volcano in Chile can be found on the Daily Mail. Here's a sample: Go to the link for more. Grace and Peace
The Volcanism Blog
Thanks to The Volcanism Blog for including The GeoChristian in its blogroll.
Vog
This might be a new word for you: vog. Vog is volcanic smog, produced when sulfuric acid and other gases emitted by volcanoes mixes with oxygen and water vapor in the presence of sunlight. It can cause or aggravate respiratory problems among humans and damage plants. Below is an image showing this noxious gas around …
Chile volcanic eruption
After 9000 years of dormancy, Chaiten Volcano in Chile stirred to life on May 2nd. The images below show the plume of ash extending from Chile, across Argentina, and out over the Atlantic ocean on May 5th. The eruption has forced the evacuation of two nearby towns, and an estimated 25,000 cattle near the volcano …
Green Gasoline
The burning of petroleum (and other fossil fuels) is a primary contributor to the increase of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere. Burning of plant material, on the other hand, does not increase the concentration of CO2, because the carbon in the plant came from the atmosphere in the first place, through the process of photosynthesis. …
Geology of the Moon
From the Wikipedia Picture of the Day for April 4th: This false-color mosaic showing compositional variations in the geology of the Moon was constructed from a series of 53 images taken through three spectral filters by the imaging system of the Galileo spacecraft. Bright pinkish areas are highlands materials, such as those surrounding the oval …
Kilauea eruption images
Kilauea, one of five shield volcanoes on the island of Hawaii, has been erupting continuously since 1983. Its eruption during the past month (March 2008) included the first explosive eruption at Kilauea since 1924. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory offers spectacular images: Halemaumau crater, at the summit of Kilauea Lava streams into the ocean, making …
Spring flooding
The USGS has an online map called WaterWatch, which portrays conditions from stream gaging stations. Parts of Missouri and Arkansas have received a foot of rain this week, and that storm system has spread to the east. Black dots on the map are areas that are currently the highest above normal. The map is clickable--you …
Kilauea lava flow videos
The Hawaiian volcano Kilauea has been erupting more or less continuously since 1983. Current lava flows are reaching the Pacific ocean, and Honolulu television station KITV has videos: Lava Reaches Ocean Creating Spectacular View HT: Geology News Grace and Peace
Mt Etna 2002
This image is Wikipedia's "Today's Featured Picture" and is a view of Italy's Mount Etna from space: Here's the description from Wikipedia: An October 2002 eruption of Mount Etna, a volcano on the Italian island of Sicily, as seen from the International Space Station. Etna is the largest of Italy's three active volcanoes and one …
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