CLOUDY ATMOSPHEREFIND OUT MOREVenus is only a little smaller than Earth, is made up of rock, and has an atmosphere, but it is otherwise quite unlike our planet. Its surface is covered with…
(Encyclopedia) Erebus, Mount, volcanic peak, 12,280 ft (3,743 m) high, on Ross Island, in the Ross Sea, E Antarctica. One of the loftiest volcanoes of the world, it was discovered in 1841 by the…
(Encyclopedia) rhyolite, fine-grained light-colored acidic volcanic rock. Rhyolite is chemically the equivalent of granite, and is thus composed primarily of quartz and orthoclase feldspar with…
THE MOONS OF MARSFIND OUT MOREThe fourth planet from the Sun, Mars is one of Earth’s closest neighbours. Mars has a slight atmosphere (mainly carbon dioxide), and ice caps at the poles.…
(Encyclopedia) ColimaColimakōlēˈmä [key], active volcano, 12,533 ft (3,820 m) high, S Jalisco, Mexico, 78 mi (125 km) S of Guadalajara near the Colima state border. Also known as Volcán de Fuego, it…
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fire and ice Where Are They? For a remote, icy spot, skip the crowds on Antarctica—which was visited by an estimated 10,800 people in the 1997–1998 tourist…
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Fire and ice Where Are They? For a remote, icy spot, skip the crowds on Antarctica—which was visited by an estimated 10,800 people in the 1997–1998 tourist…
Malcolm Lowry’s 1947 novel Under the Volcano is often mentioned as one of the great books in 20th century English literature. It tells the tale of a man modeled after Lowry himself -- a drunken…
WHY IS MARS CALLED THE RED PLANET? WHAT IS MARS’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MOREThis rocky planet has a thin atmosphere and ice caps at its poles. Strong winds can whip up dust storms that cover the…
