What is the loudest explosion you have ever heard? How far away could you hear it? 1 mile? 2 miles? 10 miles? What about 100 miles? If something exploded, and you could hear it from over 100 miles away, that would be impressive, wouldn't it! I can't imagine an explosion that big. Now, think … Continue reading An Unimaginable Boom
Novarupta
Novarupta, the biggest volcanic eruption of the 20th and 21st centuries
Journey to Novarupta Audio Adventure
By God's grace, we are in the production phase for the new audio adventure, Journey to Novarupta! We thought a film by this title would be produced first, but Providence is guiding us in a different direction right now. We are so grateful to have Pat and Sandy Roy at the helm, with their 15+ … Continue reading Journey to Novarupta Audio Adventure
Age Calibration of the Ar/Ar method against Novarupta
The world's largest volcanic eruption in over 100 years occurred June 6-8, 1912 in what is now Katmai National Park in Southwest Alaska. The Novarupta-Katmai eruption of 1912 was 30 times larger than Mt. St. Helen's 1980 blast. In 2012, 100 years after the eruption, I had a piece of the Novarupta lava dome (in … Continue reading Age Calibration of the Ar/Ar method against Novarupta
A Citadel of Christian Values
Robert Fiske Griggs (1881-1962) is best known for discovering The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, site of the biggest volcanic eruption in over 100 years. He is also known for the 1922 book he authored of the same name (click here for a free pdf version). What he is less well-known for is being a … Continue reading A Citadel of Christian Values
A Photogeologic Tour of Katmai Valley and Canyon
Below is a .pdf of a presentation I gave at the Greater Houston Creation Association's September 2011 meeting. Learn about volcanoes, the June 6-8, 1912 eruption of Novarupta and Mount Katmai, and the effects of the eruption on Katmai Valley and Canyon. My son, Ken Cole, myself and several others visited Novarupta in 2009. Ken … Continue reading A Photogeologic Tour of Katmai Valley and Canyon
The Other Side of Novarupta
For 60 hours on June 6-8, 1912, Novarupta volcano in Katmai National Park spewed a massive amount (3 cubic miles) of magma out its vent, causing the biggest eruption of the 20th and 21st (so far) centuries. In 2009, myself and some other adventurers traveled to the site of the Novarupta lava dome and surrounding … Continue reading The Other Side of Novarupta
Novarupta and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
In July I visited Katmai National Park and hiked through The Valley of 10,000 Smokes. If you want to go somewhere that is vastly different than pretty much anywhere else on earth, then this is the place to be! Here is a YouTube video I made about the trip, that includes a discussion of a … Continue reading Novarupta and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Studying His Word and His Works 