Cleaning up some news ... busy week leading up to a field trip I am helping co-lead to Death Valley next week.
Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley, California
First off, I want to say how amazed I am at the great discussion that went on all weekend about the signs of potential activity in Iceland. It now appears that the earthquakes at Eyjafjallajökull may be waning, however the levels of seismicity have definitely bounced up and down over the last few days. However, the level and depth of the conversation is a testament to all volcanophiles out there. Nice job, folks.
For those of you into extraterrestrial volcanism, there is a brief piece on the development of "channels" caused by lava on Mars. You see similar features on the Moon, where lava flows have made their own channels - and you even see it on Earth, but typically as thermally-eroded ...
