Stalagmite

facts. -16- We must now turn our attention to the culture of the Cave-men. We must reflect that long eges, with great changes of climate and life, both animal and vegetable have rolled away since the remains of these early races were sealed by the stalagmite formation in caves. The relics at their best are but scanty memorials of a people long since passed, and we can not expect, cannot hope to recover more than a general outline. But this will be found full of interest, for in is a picture of…

Travel El Paso lies in far West Texas, in the area where Mexico, New Mexico and Texas meet. As of 2018, the population estimate from the US census was 686,077. El Paso shares four border crossing with neighboring Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, making a strong player in the international trade business. Unfortunately, Ciudad Juárez has been called "the most violent zone in the world.” Despite having such a notorious neighbor, El Paso ranked among the safest large cities in U.S. for years. El Paso…

region that includes a natural, permanent, serene lake. The exact age of the limestone labyrinth is not known, but based on the dimensions of the crystal, calcite, stalactites and stalagmites, it has been in existence for nearly one million years. Stalactites are the formations that hold tight to the ceiling while stalagmites are formed on the cave’s floor and might grow up to the ceiling. Lake Cave is home to the astonishing stalactite known around the world as the Suspended Table. It hangs…

Cain and Abel, one idolized, coveted, benevolent, and permanent; the other mundane, transitory, and potentially dangerous. A crashing wave of brine sweeps the sandy shore along, ever tumultuous: this is knowledge. Droppingly slow, stalactites and stalagmites coalesce into stony relics: this is wisdom. For wisdom is infinitely more precious than knowledge: he who knows, comprehends; he who is wise, empathizes. From Ecclesiastes, two independent propositions are set forth on wisdom and knowledge,…

I will be taking my family (mother, father, and brother) to Kentucky to visit Mammoth Cave National Park. We went one year when I was 4, but I don’t remember anything. This will be a nice chance for our family to catch up and spend some time together before I go off to college. We will drive there using I-30 and I-40, stopping overnight in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a 755-mile journey and since we will be driving a Prius, we can count on 50 mpg on the highways. The national average gas price…

Around 380 million years ago, during the Devonian Period, North America and Baltica collided. This collision created another mountain range located in the same place where the Grenville Mountains and Taconic Mountains were formed. The Acadian Orogeny happened on the northeastern side of North America. Like TIA and the Grenville Belt, there was another land piece between Proto-North America and Baltica. This land piece was called Avalon. Avalon was believed to have broke apart from…

The Cause of the Maya Collapse When the Spaniards arrived in Mesoamerica in the 1500s, only the bones of the once great civilization remained. The Mayans had abandoned what they once had called their home. Although, this disappearance leads to the following question: what had caused the Maya Collapse? The ancient civilization of Maya had collapsed because of political conflicts, war, and drought that had set in Mesoamerica; however, the fall was predominantly due to the overpopulation in Mayan…

Ciaccio looked over his files, researching his new clients. What he found did not impress him. Hostia Bontade was a young man who was, apparently very active in the black market. Well, at least he had quite a bit of money, as he was an heir to a powerful sicilian familia, and a lack of wits of accompany them, shown by the very obvious tracks he left behind his lawless undertakings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “You can cheat him out of his wits,”…

Climate Change and Trade Networks as Causes of the Classic Maya Collapse The ancient Lowland Maya were a thriving and advanced society, capable of building great monuments able to survive to the present. It is therefore a mystery as to why, at the end of the Classic period from the eighth to eleventh century, Maya sites show signs of massive decline and desertion; this is referred to as the “collapse” of the Maya, though it was not an immediate or evenly distributed phenomenon (Douglas,…

China I crossed the border into Shenzhen China February 3rd, 2018. After a rather delightfully easy border crossing it was time to figure out how to get to Guilin. I walked ten minutes to the bus terminal. My map on my phone said I arrived but I wasn’t too sure. Nothing was written in English outside and I didn’t see any buses. I found a counter and walked up, the lady didn’t speak any English. I pulled out my phone to use the translator, asking for one ticket to Guilin tomorrow morning. After…