Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions and glaciations. But how does this work? It turns out that rocks, like humans, can get a sunburn!
Crime happens, even in national parks, national forests, and other public lands. There are murders, thefts, robberies and all sorts of crime that we’d hope to escape by heading into the kingdom of public lands.
Quick work involving repairs and improvements to access from the parking lot to the boardwalk allowed the reopening Friday of the Artists Paintpots area of Yellowstone National Park.
There's something to be said for pitching a tent beneath the stars at one of Yellowstone National Park's many campgrounds. You can read about those campgrounds by clicking here.
Building roads through Yellowstone is a considerable undertaking given all the thermal ground found throughout the park. Bridges, like the new span across the Yellowstone River near Tower Junction, are especially challenging.
A search-and-rescue mission is underway in the remote southeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park for a 22-year-old who failed to meet a scheduled boat pickup on Friday.
It should come as no surprise to any of you who have ever visited a unit of the National Park System more than once: there’s always something new to learn. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming/Montana/Idaho is no exception. After a summer visit to this national park, new things were learned, interesting trivia picked up, and thus a new quiz and trivia piece was created.