Natural Landmarks

It’s Volcano Week 3 here at GSS, which explains why all of our posts over the course of the week are very likely to be volcano related. Mount Tambora is an active volcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia,…

Here in the deserts of Turkmenistan the satellite imagery has captured an amazing shot of a 200-metre wide churning pool that is spouting a pillar of smoke and flames. These are the Korpedje oil fields, and this is an active…

Tucked away on the lakefront of Canada's largest city is the Toronto Music Garden. The park, which opened in 1999, was designed to represent the different elements of Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello and was a partnership between landscape designer…

An erratic boulder is, simply enough, a piece of rock that doesn't originate from the place where it is found. When these errant boulders are the size of houses however, they take a little more explaining. The city of White…

It's commonly quoted as fact that in nature, no food or vegetable is naturally blue. This information was again disputed recently by the re-introduction of blue Smarties1, this time using 100% natural seaweed extract to create the blue colour. Additional…

Here in New South Wales, one of the most popular sights are the famous Three Sisters - three spectacular rock pinnacles which tower over the Jamison Valley in the Blue Mountains. The rock spires are named Meehni (922 m), Wimlah…