The Largest Volcanic Eruption in Recorded History Posted: 09 Sep 2009 11:39 PM PDT On April 10, 1815, Tambora Volcano produced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. A NASA image provides a look at the summit caldera from June, 2009. |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:00 PM PDT This interesting fact sheet has fossil photos, environment descriptions and paleogeographic maps for ten fossil sites in Utah spanning a time range of 500 million years. Featured fossils include trilobites, fish, plants, dinosaurs and ice age mammals. |
| Alabama and Arkansas Mineral Collecting Trip Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:29 PM PDT Scott Kleine of Great Basin Minerals shares a few photos from his 2005 trip to numerous mineral collecting sites in Alabama and Arkansas. You might not believe the diversity of rocks and minerals that can be found at the locations he visited on this trip… rutile, cacoxenite, rockbridgeite, wavellite, beraunite, dufrenite, strengite, syenite, natrolite, [...] |
| Coal vs. Natural Gas in Congress Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:28 PM PDT As Congress debates an energy bill opinions are mixed over the use of natural gas and coal as an electricity-generating fuels. Which opinions are defending home state economics and which are defending the planet? |
| Timor Sea Oil Slick Appears Larger Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:08 PM PDT “A damaged oil well northwest of Western Australia continued to leak fuel into the Timor Sea in the first week of September 2009. This natural-color image shows the area affected by the oil slick on September 3. Compared to an image captured on August 30, the area affected appears larger, but that doesn’t [...] |
| Natural Gas Spot Price Lowest Since 2001 Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT “EIA projects the monthly Henry Hub natural gas spot price to average $2.32 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) in October, the lowest monthly average spot price since September 2001. Natural gas inventories likely will set a new record high at the end of this year’s injection season (October 31) reaching more than 3.8 trillion [...] |
| Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:03 PM PDT OPEC had record oil export revenues in 2008 in response to high oil prices and good demand for most of the year. Forecast revenues are down for 2009 but starting to recover in 2010. |
| “Samson” Tyrannosaurus rex Auction Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:40 AM PDT A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named “Samson” will be auctioned on October 3 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1997 a similar Tyrannosaurus rex was purchased at auction by Chicago’s Field Museum for $8 million. |
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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