MORE than sixty years ago Hugh Miller, in his classic on “The Old Red Sandstone,” remarked, “There are some of our British geologists, too, who still regard it as a sort of debatable tract, entitled ...

AT a meeting of the Glasgow Geological Society on the 24th ult., Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., president, in the chair, Prof. Geikie, F.R.S., communicated the results of recent researches into the ...

Hiking, or “wandern” as it’s more whimsically called in German, is one of the few activities in Germany free of coronavirus restrictions. In the last year, I’ve worn out a pair of hiking shoes ...

An accretion of iron molecules leaves a bizarre pattern in the sandstone. For larger image, click here. Photo by Jeff Mitton. The multitude of parks on the Colorado Plateau is testimony of our ...

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Standing over 20 feet in the air, the red, striped sandstone formations tower over the surrounding landscape, casting long shadows into the water they sit next to. Where can these majestic rock ...