There are still a few days left in the year, but here are the ten most-read articles on The GeoChristian for 2012. Only one of them was written this year. Dr. Dino still in prison -- This has consistently been the most-read article on The GeoChristian since I wrote it almost four years ago. Kent Hovind, a.k.a. …
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The June 2012 issue of the Institute for Creation Research's Acts & Facts magazine came to my mailbox this week, and the short article "Volcanoes of the Past" by John D. Morris caught my attention. The article argues that Noah's flood was a time of massive volcanic eruptions ("supervolcanoes"), and that volcanic activity on Earth is now …
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From the European Space Agency: Battered Tharsis Tholus volcano on Mars The latest image released from Mars Express reveals a large extinct volcano that has been battered and deformed over the aeons. By Earthly standards, Tharsis Tholus is a giant, towering 8 km above the surrounding terrain, with a base stretching over 155 x 125 …
Sarah Palin --- I am a conservative and Republican, but I am no fan of Sarah Palin. I groaned when McCain selected her for his running mate, as it completely took away the "experience" argument against Obama. Rod Dreher (Crunchy Con) has a good review of Going Rogue. Senators as cartographers --- National Geographic has …
Some recent images from NASA's Earth Observatory Image of the Day: Grace and Peace
Some of my favorite recent images from NASA's Earth Observatory Image of the Day: Swirling sea ice near Baffin Island (credit: NASA/Terra/MODIS) Apollo 11 landing site (credit: NASA/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter). Images of other Apollo landing sites are at NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter site. The orbiter isn't in its final orbit, and future images will have …
From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day: Erupting Volcano Anak Krakatau. You will have to go to APOD to see it in all its glory. Grace and Peace
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Sarychev Peak Eruption, Kuril Islands, Russia. From the Earth Observatory description: A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. [...] Ash from the multi-day eruption has been …
Here's a video of an eruption of an underwater volcano near the South Pacific island of Tonga on March 19, 2009: News articles: London Times: Underwater volcano sends huge columns of ash into Pacific sky Honolulu Advertiser: 7.9 quake off Tonga could intensify volcano's eruption From NASA's Earth Observatory: Submarine Eruption in the Tonga Islands: …
I did not watch President Obama's State of the Union Address, but the geoblogosphere is abuzz about something Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal had in his Republican Party response: But Democratic leaders in Congress -- they rejected this approach. Instead of trusting us to make wise decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government …
After 9000 years of dormancy, Chaiten Volcano, in a remote part of southern Chile, has been in an eruptive phase since May 2008. NASA's Earth Observatory posted these images of the 1/19/09 dome collapse yesterday: These images above don't do justice to the high resolution versions available at Earth Observatory: In these false color images, …
Magma Cum Laude has a couple of nice paintings of Vesuvius, including this one: Pierre-Jacques Volaire, The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, 1777; from the North Carolina Museum of Art HT: The Volcanism Blog Grace and Peace
From NASA's Earth Observatory: Deriba Caldera, a volcano in the Darfur region of Sudan. This caldera was formed in a large eruption about 3,500 years ago. The geometry is a little more obvious in Google Earth: Like Crater Lake in Oregon, this caldera was formed by a massive eruption, likely followed by a partial collapse …
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