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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17252" img_size="large" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] How do Pedestals form? We find pedestals and pillars of various shapes and sizes all around the world. The yellow pillars in the background-center stand like sentinels in Nambung Australia; to the left...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17283" img_size="large" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Twister Mystery Modern meteorologists have struggled to understand the anomalous origins of tornadoes. Why do tornadoes seem to occur in the same locations around the same time of year? The answer is...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17280" img_size="large" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Zebra Rock Mystery Zebra Rock is a unique fine-grained rock from Australia. With spheroidal columns of fine red claystone evenly distributed throughout a white claystone matrix, Zebra Rock has “baffled geologists” since...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17260" img_size="large" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Crater Debate When we encounter the word 'crater' what image forms in our mind? The most common response is an impact or meteorite crater, but this type of crater is far rarer...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17255" img_size="large" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Nodule Evidence We find colorful chert (silica) nodules surrounded by lighter limestone worldwide in limestone deposits; these are another anomaly in modern geology. These nodules vary and in size and obviously grew...

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="17250" img_size="large" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Water Rocks These crystals encapsulate an air bubble easily seen as it moves in water trapped within the specimens shown. We call rocks that contain observable water and air bubbles enhydros. We find...