Earthly Musings - My Travel and Geology Blog

In mid-July I got to raft the Colorado River where it transitions to the red rock country of the Colorado Plateau. Horsethief, Ruby, and Wes...

Time is likely the single most important idea in geology. The very basis of geology involves a survey of planet earth, and geologists think ...

San Francisco Mountain is the highest point in Arizona, rising 12,633 feet into the sky. However, this strato-volcano has a collapsed top an...

You may have heard through the various media outlets about proposed mining of uranium near the Grand Canyon. As a Grand Canyon geologist I a...

On our recent trip to Hawai'i we also spent some time on the island of O'ahu. Long maligned as a piece of paradise that suffers from...