The priest’s half a billion year old bathtub: A sand volcano in Skåne, Sweden
Half a billion years ago, in the early Cambrian, some water, trapped in a sand bottom in a tropical sea, decided it wanted to get out. The water pushed its […]
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Sand, wind and the lighthouse that escaped from the sea: Klitter and klinter at Rubjerg Knude, Denmark
Denmark is the cosy little country, with klitter, klinter and kanelsnegler – sand ridges, sea cliffs and cinnamon buns. But det søde, bløde land – the sweet, soft country, shrinks […]
The Værlandet conglomerate, Western Norway: Beautiful gift from an ancient Himalaya
Dear blog, It’s been a while. I know. Stuff has happened. That virus, luckily it has only hit my travels, or caused the lack thereof. And something small, but very […]
Møns Klint – where Denmark was born
There is something about mighty white cliffs. During World war II, the iconic White Cliffs of Dover was a symbol of freedom, of Britain as the bulwark against the nazi […]
Where the dinosaurs died: The white cliffs of Stevns Klint in Denmark
When God had finished His creation of the Earth, He discovered that He had made a slight miscalculation. He had some sediments in spare. After considering a new moon just […]
Süd-Tirol and Alto Adige: How the Dolomites made the land of two languages
Süd-Tirol is where good apples come from. Anyone who has eaten apples know the name, and probably thinks Süd-Tirol is in Austria or Germany. But Süd-Tirol is the very northernmost […]
Tre Cime de Lavaredo: The landmark of the Dolomites
We went to the Dolomites in the late half of September. End of the summer tourist season. We were the last guests on the hotel, before they closed the doors […]
The Dolomites: when the Alps were a tropical sea
The Dolomites are legendary name to both mountaineers and geologists. The pink and beige mountains, with the characteristic layers, the free-standing towers with flat tables on the top, are on […]
Where was the world’s first oil well? Poland!
The first oil well in the world was drilled by Colonel Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania, Cowboyland, in 1859. Everyone in the oil industry, and probably every American child, know the […]
Light Beer: the Cretaceous’s so bright I gotta wear shades!
On our tour along the channel coast, we have been to the Triassic and Jurassic, and now for the third part of the trifle: the Cretaceous. We leave the grey […]