Craters of the Moon Nov. 2016

CRATERS OF THE MOON Just a few miles west of here you will find the eastern boundary of a geologic province like no other. Most often referred to as the Snake River Plain, this unique landscape cuts a swath from the Oregon-Idaho-Nevada border all the way across Idaho...

Mt. St. Helen Aug 2016

And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did -Elton John, Candle In The Wind THE FLEETING GLORY OF YOUTH  It is surprisingly difficult to find good photographs of pre-1980 Mount St Helens. There...

Geology Comes to Life March 2014

WHEN GEOLOGY COMES TO LIFE We know much more about the last ninth of the Earth’s history than we do the remaining eight ninths combined.  From the Cambrian to the present the geologic time scale is largely informed by and sometimes arranged according to a series of...