From the archive: This story first published in September 2016. Just beyond the eerie dunes that make up the Mojave Desert’s Devils Playground, a glaringly white dome rises up out of the ground.
Wizard Island is a cinder cone volcano in Crater Lake. A black bear explored the island. National Park Service Visitors got lucky when they watched a black bear take a swim in Oregon’s Crater Lake — ...
Black cinder, at top, is highly porous small hard bits expelled by fountaining lava without much exposure to oxygen before cooling. Hawaii’s commercial supply of the material is nearing depletion ...
Just beyond the eerie dunes that make up the Mojave Desert’s Devils Playground, a glaringly white dome rises up out of the ground. Poised atop a 150-foot cinder cone in Newberry Springs, the ...