This Dynamic Planet
A cool interactive
map that shows volcanoes, earthquakes, plate motions, impact craters,
topography and more.
Satellite imagery
Google Earth, a free program that
lets you explore the planet from your computer.
NASA's Earth Observatory's recent images
(amazing!)
Movies of lava erupting
Fast forward for footage of pillow basalts (underwater eruptions)
Movie
1 - Fast forward to 3:00 and 12:38
Movie
2 - Fast forward to 9:52
Movie
3 - No fast-forwarding neccesary
Power Profiler
The EPA has a calculator
which can help you figure out how 'green' your home or business's energy
is. Entering a zip code yields a display of how much coal, nuclear, hydroelectric,
and renewable energy you use every day.
Earthquakes
The latest updates on the planet's seismicity,
from the USGS.
Earthquakes around the world,
presented graphically( IRIS).
World Population
The U.S. Census Bureau's "POPClock"
shows the estimated current human population of the Earth.
Potomac River flow
The USGS's Little
Falls gauging station displays the discharge of the Potomac River
in real time.
Turbidity currents
Check out these movies of experimental turbidity flows in lab tanks: Movie
1 | Movie
2 | More
movies
Virtual samples
3-D Quicktime images
of interesting samples. Very cool.
Virtual sand collection
Play around with virtual
sand samples and consider their depositional/provenance significance.
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Timescales
from the
International Commission on Stratigraphy
from
the Geological Society of America
Paleogeography
Which plates
were where, when.
North America's tectonic evolution in map
view.
Christopher Scotese's "Paleomap
Project"
Virginia's geologic history
William and Mary's "Geology
of Virginia"
James Madison University's "Geology
of Virginia"
Tsunami
Videos of the 2004 Southeast Asian Tsunami
Risk of an Atlantic tsunami from the Canary Islands' La
Palma volcano
Fossils through time
Locations and photos of characteristic fossils
from each geologic period, plotted on world maps
Hypothetical orogeny
Follow the fates of several fake
tectonic plates as they diverge and converge. Nice graphics.
Geology news
NASA's Earth Observatory news
page
Geology.com's news page
Cimate Connections
NPR and National Geographic team up to
investigate climate
science in a multimedia format
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