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BOOK REVIEW: Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
I have yet to visit the Grand Canyon. My family and I have visited many of the familiar national parks of the west, but so far not this miles-wide chasm in Arizona. After reading the new children’s book Grand Canyon … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Columbia Gorge geology
This is a fantastic overview of the geologic history of the Columbia Gorge!
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BOOK REVIEW: Beauty from the Beast: Plate Tectonics and the Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest
Robert J. Lillie, Beauty from the Beast: Plate Tectonics and the Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest (Philomath, OR: Wells Creek Publishers, 2015), 92 pp. This slim but full-of-information guide to how much of the geology of the Pacific Northwest, and … Continue reading
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BOOK: Roadside Geology of Oregon, Second Edition
When I moved to Montana from California in 2004, I quickly got a copy of the Roadside Geology of Montana. I am no geologist, but I had just taken several geology courses at a community college near San Diego. I … Continue reading
Wednesday (belated) photo of the week: exploring at Crater Lake
This post is also coming late because after returning from Crater Lake National Park and California at the beginning of this week, I just did not get back on schedule. So, here are two of my favorite images of my … Continue reading
BOOKS: Cataclysms on the Columbia & Bretz’s Flood
I’ve posted before about the graphic novel Terra Tempo: Ice Age Cataclysm! where three kids time-traveled into the Ice Age of 15,000 years ago and “came across prehistoric mammals and witnessed the grand Missoula Flood, caused when a gigantic ice … Continue reading
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BOOK: Vistas of Many Worlds: A Journey Through Space and Time
This is not a book specific to the Pacific Northwest, but I think it worth sharing here because it was published by an small astronomy outfit in Ashland, OR. Vistas of Many Worlds: A Journey Through Space and Time, by … Continue reading
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BOOK: Oregon Geology
Last fall, the Oregon State University Press published the latest edition of their standard book on Oregon geology, aptly titled Oregon Geology: Oregon Geology, by Elizabeth L. and William N. Orr (Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2012), 304 pp. … Continue reading
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Upcoming nature events in Portland
An OMSI Science Pub on February 4th explores Oregon geology. Scott Burns will present “The Evolution of Oregon’s Dynamic Geologic History.” Details here. February 4th is also the night of the Oregon Encyclopedia History Night’s “Portland and Nature through … Continue reading
Natural history talk from author of Terra Tempo
Craigmore Creations, the Portland publisher that brought out Right Where You Are Now (see this post), also has a series of time travel graphic novels for kids about geology and paleontology, Terra Tempo. I reviewed the second in the series, Terra Tempo, … Continue reading
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