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-Katmai
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
Studying His Word and His Works 