Sometimes, when I am about to write a column on one of my experiences, I am faced with a dilemma: Does this belong in the category “Backroads geology” or in “Awe”?
A few years back, a popular song urged, “Don’t go chasing waterfalls,” but there is no doubt that H20 pulled under the influence of gravity over precipitous drops and releasing dissolved oxygen in
The subject of the various definitions of the term “awe” (and its overuse or perhaps misuse in dialogue today) will be the subject of a future column. But the events of April 8 perhaps define the term and allow it to be absorbed directly into consciousness.
The rocky promontory known as “Stark’s Knob” rises a short distance north of the village of Schuylerville and when the leaves are off the trees its summit affords a panoramic view of the Hudson Riv
A recent issue of the “Friends of Thacher Park” newsletter featured an essay by state geologist Dr. Chuck Ver Straeten describing some of the rock layers that form the Helderberg Plateau.
