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An Unusual State Park Brims With Ancient Pictographs, Hoodoos, And The Best Rock Climbing In Texas
This under-the-radar Texas state park is packed with great rock climbing, bouldering, and hoodoo-lined hiking trails that ...
Perseverance finds new kinds of rocks that could be the oldest ever found on Mars
Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...
Where should we look for new metals critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way
About 400 kilometers northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 ...
‘Slender’ creature with ‘leaf-like’ toes found in Thailand park. It’s a new species
In a national park of northern Thailand, a “slender” creature climbed up a rock using its “leaf-like” toes to grip the ...
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63 fun facts about rocks and minerals that will rock your world
Dr. Juliet Ugbede Akoh, a lecturer in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Lagos, sheds light on the difference between rocks and minerals and their formation processes and offers ...
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12 Mysterious Facts About ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’
Lindsay had known of Hanging Rock, a rock formation in Victoria, Australia, since childhood, and even had an artwork depicting it; she had wanted to write about the landmark for some time, ...
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Explosion rocks Dutch museum before gold masterpieces stolen: "This is a dark day"
Robbers used explosives to force open a door at a Dutch museum early Saturday morning, stealing several gold masterpieces, museum officials said in a statement. Police received a report at 3:45 a ...
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Ancient lava formations shed light on Mars’s transition from a water-rich planet
Now, an investigation of ancient lava formations by NASA’s Mars Perseverance ... Dr. Schmidt was among those who thought the rocks were volcanic, which has since proved to be the case.