Category: Geology

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Local officials and residents in numerous Michigan counties may notice low-flying helicopters carrying a suspended apparatus in the coming months. In partnership with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is conducting an Airborne Electromagnetic (AEM) Survey project in southwest Michigan this spring to improve available data on Michigan’s groundwater availability and aquifer mapping…

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Given enough time, Earth (4.543 billion years) and Mars (4.603 billion years) have created some interesting topology thanks to the effects of wind, erosion and other meteorologic and geologic forces, and this is what you get. The sands of time can be quite creative.

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Did you know that rock tumbling isn’t just a thing we do here on Earth in our garages or sheds? It’s actually happening right now in outer space as well. Micrometeorites and cosmic dust are constantly colliding with asteroids, which gradually wears down and smooths their surfaces over millions of years. This natural “tumbling” process can create surprisingly polished surfaces on these rocks that are hurling through space. As a matter of fact, many of the meteorites that have fallen to Earth have gone through this cosmic polishing, making them the ultimate polished stone!…

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