Huge Pumice Raft Near the Kermadec Islands August 13, 2012 | The Australian A massive pumice raft (250 x 30 nautical miles) has been found floating on the... What Happens to Pumice Rafts? September 10, 2012 | Eruptions Blog Some marine volcanic eruptions produce a vast "raft" of floating pumice that drifts about the... Most Popular News Items: 8/20-8/26 August 27, 2012 | Geology.com Large Triceratops Discovered in Alberta
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Lost Army of... Making Blue Marble Images of Earth February 7, 2012 | NASA NASA has a short article that summarizes how the "Blue Marble" images of earth were... First Images from the New Landsat Mission March 24, 2013 | NASA "On March 18, 2013, the newly launched Landsat Data Continuity Mission began to send back... Tropical Storms Kristy and Lane September 18, 2012 | NASA Earth Observatory "Two storms swirled simultaneously in the eastern Pacific Ocean in mid-September 2012 — close enough... The First Satellite Images of Polar Ice Coverage April 26, 2013 | BBC BBC.com has an article about the first satellite maps of the Arctic and Antarctic, produced... Pumice March 25, 2013 | Geology.com Pumice is a light-colored, extremely porous, igneous rock that forms during explosive volcanic eruptions. It... |