It’s almost certainly as close as I’ll ever get to walking on the moon. Surrounded by giant sandstone-coloured volcanic rock formations, we could be on the set of "Star Wars" or "Planet Of The Apes." ...

The journey for volcanic rocks found on many volcanic islands began deep within the Earth. Brought to the Earth’s surface in eruptions of deep volcanic material, these rocks hold clues as to what is ...

Heather Handley is an associate professor of volcanic hazards and geoscience communication in the Department of Applied Earth Sciences at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands. Unlike ...

Two test methods put the rocks at 4.16 billion years old The volcanic rocks date to primordial Earth's Hadean eon Rocks are surviving fragments of Earth's oldest crust June 26 (Reuters) - Along the ...

I first caught a glimpse of Fort Rock through an opening in the trees along County Road 5-10, about an hour drive southwest of Bend. The circular outcropping of volcanic rock, known as a tuff ring, ...

Mumbai's bustling Andheri hides a 66-million-year-old volcanic rock formation, Gilbert Hill, a geological wonder previously unknown to many, including industrialist Anand Mahindra. This rare basalt ...

A deep-sea exploration off the coast of Hawaii has revealed a striking natural formation on the Pacific seafloor that’s left marine scientists momentarily speechless: a structure resembling a “yellow ...

The Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness is one of the country’s last great wild refuges, a 112,500-acre maze of backcountry canyons, cliffs, deserts and plateaus untouched by man. You’ve ...

(Reuters) -Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, resides a belt of volcanic rock that displays a blend of dark and ...