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Has anybody truly seen the Grand Canyon? The first view into the gorge assaults the eye with detail and color, overwhelming the mind’s capacity to focus on any one point in the mess of ruined sheet cake: a geological supernova quilled with soaring pillars, rounded temples, fallen battlements, gigantic toadstools and high walls lacquered in colors of apricot, lava, bisque, mulberry and umber.

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An English missionary named William Ellis visited Kīlauea caldera on Aug. 1, 1823, with his Hawaiian guides on a tour of the Island of Hawaiʻi.  He and his missionary companions were the first westerners to visit the summit of Kīlauea, and the book that Ellis later published includes the first contemporary written observations of Kīlauea’s eruptive activity.

On August 1, 1823, an English missionary named William Ellis visited Kīlauea caldera with his Hawaiian guides on a tour of the Island of Hawaiʻi. He and his missionary companions were the first Westerners to visit the summit of Kīlauea, and the book that Ellis later published includes the first contemporary written observations of Kīlauea’s eruptive activity.

This summer marks 200 years since English missionary William Ellis visited KIlauea caldera with Hawaiian guides and published the first contemporary written observation of the volcano’s eruptive activity.

Imagine being a geological mapper in the 1870s. The profession is now aided by satellite and airborne data, and an ability to drive close to most areas of geological interest.

Arizona State University is celebrating the anniversary of a book that explored the Grand Canyon and its geology."The Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District with Atlas" by Clarence Dutton came out 140 years ago. In honor of that, ASU has an exhibit at Hayden Library featuring art and a 3D model of the region’s topography, among other things. The exhibit also includes

Yosemite National Park is located in central California, straddling the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Many famous explorers and naturalists have passed...

Few sights are as instantly recognisable, and few sites speak more fully to American nationalism. Standing on the South Rim in 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt ...

The ADELA Project, led by the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service and the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, aims to engage investors, entrepreneurs and conservation-focused businesses in Peru to promote green growth, and decrease deforestation and natural resource degradation, while improving community livelihoods.