Tag: strange history
What people get wrong about Surtsey.
Surtsey is an uninhabited volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland.
The facts behind Crooked Forest.
The Crooked Forest is a grove of oddly-shaped Scots pine trees located in the village of Nowe Czarnowo near the town of Gryfino, West Pomerania, in north-western Poland.
Stone spheres of Costa Rica: what actually happened.
The stone spheres of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 petrospheres in Costa Rica, on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño.
The sourced background on Moeraki Boulders.
The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden.
The surprising truth about Richat Structure.
The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât, often called the Eye of Africa is a prominent circular geological feature at the northwestern edge of the Taoudeni Basin, on…
The surprising truth about Danakil Depression.
The Danakil Depression is a large valley of approximately 200 by 50 km, across the north of the Afar Region of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The sourced background on Lake Hillier.
Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in the Goldfields-Esperance…
The facts behind Spotted Lake.
Spotted Lake — known as Lake Khiluk in the Nsyilxcən language — is a saline endorheic alkali lake located northwest of Osoyoos in the eastern Similkameen Valley of…
Grand Prismatic Spring: what actually happened.
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the Yellowstone National Park, and the third largest in the world, after Frying Pan…
The facts behind 2023–24 Providence Friars men’s basketball team.
The 2023–24 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.