Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One way to find water worlds beyond our ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a large piece of a type of ...

On the banks of the Columbia River, tall columns of rock poke out from the cliffs. “So you see all of these black rocks that are on either side of us, on either side of the river? Those are basalts.

This video shows a large wall of basalt columns rising from a grassy volcanic landscape in Iceland. The tall stone formations ...

The Oregon Badlands is the strangest wilderness in Oregon, with no mountains, lakes or streams. This desert landscape east of Bend was buried by a basalt lava flow about 10,000 years ago. As more lava ...

SHOSHONE — Just north of Shoshone lies an ancient serpentine lava flow, carved out by the Big Wood River over the past 10,000 years. Reminiscent of the sandstone slot canyons of Utah, Black Magic ...