A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations.
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art: Oklahoma City after a Novembr 2011 quake
STONE CARVING Photographer Simon Byrne has captured a rare natural wonder on camera: a stunning sandstone formation called The Wave, located in the 112,500 acre Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness near the Arizona and Utah border. The geologic formation consists of intersecting U-shaped troughs eroded into Jurassic age Navajo Sandstone. (Photo: Simon Byrne / Rex Features via the Telegraph)
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I want this in poster form on my wall stat.
sing it with me, large precambrian undivided granite deposit DEEEEEP IN THE HEAAAAAART OF TEXAS
