I Have To Admit, I Am A Bit Obsessed With Popocatépetl. Probably Because I Lived With Its View For A

Iguaza Falls, on the border of Argentina and Brazil, is one of the widest waterfalls on Earth.

Smoky quartz with the inclusion of hydrocarbons ( oil and bitumen ) Alatau Ridge, Republic Of Bashkortostan, Ural, Russia Photo: Pakhneva Ekaterina

Deadvlei, the dead marsh It is amazing the effect water can have in bringing life, and then taking it from an area. Deadvlei is a white clay pan in Namibia near the Tsauchab River. During an especially heavy period of rain, the river flooded leading to a shallow surface layer of water forming over the clay pan. This water allowed Camel Thorn trees to grow and then mature. However, during a drought the water dried up, and sand dunes around the edge of the clay pan blocked the river’s flood path into the area. This drought lead to the trees dying, approximately 700 years ago. Despite the death of the trees, the skeletons remain and despite being blackened by the sun, appear structurally as they would have when they died. This lack of decomposition has occurred, again, due to lack of water as the trees cannot decompose without it. ~SA Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deadvlei_trees_dunes.JPG

Me, just an unstoppable juggernaut of geology fun facts once I get started: And did you know that Frankenstein and Dracula were written during the year without a summer? A time when Ash from a big volcanic eruption covered much of Europe for the whole summer forcing it into a dark volcanic winter and so the Gothic Mood was influenced by a geological catastrophe at the time. Our art and culture are and have always been heavily influenced by the changes of the shifting rocks beneath our feet and the interplay of how we interact with and react to the world around us is fascinating.

Geology collection, Museum of Natural History, London

Temple of Asclepius, Rome

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