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Martian Landscapes
Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining
Originating in the Sierra Morena mountains of Andalusia, Spain's "red river" runs through the southwestern region of the country. For approximately five thousand years, copper, gold, silver and... »
Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Martian Landscapes | Edited by Genki and Nicholas Jackson
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction
Harsh looking geological landscapes are the planet's character actors, and they are basically stuck with two roles: stand in for Hell, and more recently, an alien planet. Hell's Half Acre has the... »
Natural Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others
Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered
In 1996, Russian scientists were drilling ice core samples at Vostok Station in Antarctica. When they reached 3,623 meters (11,886 feet), they stopped because they couldn't figure out why the ice... »
Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities, Strange Science, Intriguing Environs | Edited by Lockeblade, Tre and 3 others
Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants
About 1.5 billion years ago, hot magma cooled forming coarsely crystalline red granite, which later weathered into huge, rounded boulders. Standing atop a granite outcrop, one of the largest... »
Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcano's, Azerbaijan features a messy, bubbling, and sometime explosive landscape
In 2001, in Azerbaijan, something unexpected happened. The ground began to move in an unusual way...
"It looked as though an animal was trying to get out of the ground...There was a big... »
Natural Wonders, Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Geological Oddities | Edited by Dylan
Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano
It is an American pastime to complain about one's job. A bad boss, late hours, poor pay: there is always plenty to complain about. However even the worst office 9-5 in the U.S. is a cakewalk... »
Fiery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Disaster Areas, Long Now Locations | Edited by Dylan
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert
Some scientists argue that the fate of the human species hinges upon our ability (or inability) to leave our comfortable home behind and colonize other planets. Tucked away in the San Rafael... »
Martian Landscapes, Long Now Locations | Edited by Trevor and Dylan
