i expected to see a blanket of snow that stretched toward the horizon and masked the different types of sea ice. but the thickness of the snow varied wildly. in areas where there was open water or recently frozen sea ice, there was no snow at all. near mountains of ice, the snow woul...
She wore some flowery dress and held her face in that intrigued and thoughtful manner towards the snow capped mountains. Sigh, when I was younger, about Illyanna’s age (The bony, timid, white blond creature that was wrapped in brown bear fur and playing in the black, chilled grainy ...
If two tectonic plates collide, they form a convergent plate boundary. ... The new magma (molten rock) rises and may erupt violently to form volcanoes, often building arcs of islands along the convergent boundary. Why do earthquakes happen at convergent plate boundaries?
Leave it to Texas to have the code in place that "certain" lights MUST be equipped with sensors to detect motorcycles. Not sure what the definitions are in the Texas Transportation Code that set the parameters to decide which ones should be equipped to do so, and which don't matter. To ...
Crater Lake itself is the featured attraction in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, and the 33-mile Scenic Rim Drive is the best way to see the nation's deepest lake. The park is open year-round, but the roads around the rim close from late October through early April. The trail is narrow bu...
Open seasonally, the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Montana’s Glacier Park is 50 miles of big mountains, plunging waterfalls and massive glaciers. For 33 miles of the drive, there isn't a single service station or restaurant to be found. However, travelers may meet a few mountain goats and ...
TheAlishan National Scenic Area, hidden in the mountains of Chiayi, is a must-visit when you're on your holiday in Taiwan! Boasting a proud 37,000 hectares of dense forests, Alishan promises all a peaceful respite from the buzzing city life with its idyllic landscape. ...
In America's heartland, Iowa stands as a testament to the successful conservation of the majestic bald eagle population in the United States. In the 38 years that I have lived in the rural area of Jones and Dubuque County, I have witnessed many bald eagles, with an increase in sightings ...
Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon are located to the west, Frenchman Mountain and Lake Mead to the east, the McCullough Range to the south, and the Sheep Mountains or Range to the north. The surrounding area is rocky and dusty, but within the city of Las Vegas itself, travelers will ...
To fly over the unbroken boreal forests of the Alaskan interior, the mostly nameless peaks of the Brooks Range—the northernmost extension of the Rocky Mountains—and the ecologically fragile lagoons and salt marshes of the coastal plain is to see a place scarcely impacted by human development. ...