Tag: lava
Updated on January 30, 2019
Mad Scientists Make Real Lava
Don’t try this experiment at home! Recently, a group of research scientists in New York State recently re-created lava in the lab. Making and testing lava in a lab certainly sounds like something you would envision a mad scientist doing, but the reason why they did this is actually very good
Updated on May 11, 2017
Four Explosive C’s of Volcanoes
The dreariness of the cloudy, damp afternoon air was negated by my energy and excitement as I walked along the path, stopping every few steps to be enamored with the little things around me. Suddenly, I saw something …
Updated on May 3, 2017
Hawaii Rocks!
Gentle jungle noises of birds and bugs faded as I walked into the large, damp cavern. Green-tinted light reflecting off the dark rain forest canopy suddenly turned into the darkness of a cave with black walls, lit only …
Updated on April 28, 2017
Hawaii – All Three Types of Science
The luscious green canopy of trees suddenly turned into a desert-like terrain. Shiny black landscape glistened in the mid-day sunlight. Rolling, lumpy black land stretched on for many miles. The light dotting of trees and small shacks soon …
Posted on February 6, 2015
Lava Rocks
A dark, shiny object caught my eye as it fell out of its hiding place, a small cavity in a fossil. The smooth, lightweight object was vastly different from the raggedly worn and delicate fossils in the donated …
Posted on October 6, 2013
Grand Canyon: Rock Dating
The Grand Canyon is both a geologist’s dream and a geologist’s nightmare. It’s a geologist’s dream because it’s not just a bunch of sediment rock layers (like sandstone and limestone), but it also has hardened lava flows and …
