PORTAL:EARTH SCIENCES DYK 33

Solimana

... that the fumarolically active volcano Solimana (pictured) has been identified as the site of an Inca oracle?
...that the Rift Valley lakes of Africa are a freshwater ecoregion?
...that hoodoos are tall skinny spires of rock that protrude from the bottom of arid basins and badlands?
...that the Seattle Fault is believed capable of producing an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale?
...that Polar dinosaurs could have walked to Australia, because during the early Cretaceous the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica?
... that fossilized remains of giant sea turtles have been found at an elevation of 7,696 feet (2,346 m) within Vega State Park in Colorado?

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