Santa Ana College Geology and Earth Science

Hurricane Hilary Barrels Toward Baja California The major hurricane was expected to weaken before delivering heavy rain to Mexico and Southern California.

Amazing pyritised ammonite.

Locality: Bavaria, Germany.

Size: 44x40x28mm

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Credits: Fine mineral photography

Forensic evidence suggests Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000 years ago A forensic technique more often used at modern crime scenes identified blood residue from large extinct animals on spearpoints and stone tools used by people who lived in the Carolinas millennia ago.

In celebration of , let’s look at the world’s oceans from above with images from USGS/NASA’s Landsat satellites🛰️, which have monitored our planet for over 50 years.

Today's image is of the Pacific Ocean🌊 captured by off the shores of Vanua Levu, the second-largest island of Fiji.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceans, covering more than 60 million square miles and averaging 13,000 feet in depth.

To learn more about Landsat missions monitoring our planet, visit: https://ow.ly/rRN050OPKFr

SAC Geology offers field courses to Anza Borrego!!

Hidden deep in the badlands of Anza-Borrego State Park is a cave system that scientists believe is the largest of its kind in North America. https://trib.al/PbsOhVi

A high-class Undamaged Fluorite Cluster!

Location: Minerva Mine, Illinois, USA

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Rare 17-pound meteorite discovered in Antarctica | CNN During a one-month excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, a team of researchers found five new meteorites — including one of the largest ever discovered on the continent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/01/23/earth-core-slowing/

Earth’s inner core seems to be slowing its spin This isn’t the beginning of the end times. Instead, the findings stoke debate about how the core influences some of the most fundamental parts of our planet.

Radio signal nearly 9 billion light-years away captured by telescope on Earth

The largest volcano in our solar system (Olympus Mons on Mars) compared to Arizona.

Happy Solstice !

is how to differentiate between different Ammonoids and Nautiloids with their ages. Some different species of Nautiloids were present up to today.

Dinosaurs weren't wiped out by an asteroid 66 million years ago, study suggests New research has thrown doubt on the theory that the dinosaurs were wiped out solely by a mountain-sized asteroid – instead pointing the finger elsewhere.

Great opportunity for Santa Ana resident!!

Gain first-hand knowledge about your water supply at an all-expenses-paid tour of the State Water Project and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Oct. 28-29, 2022! Selected participants will fly to the Delta area Oct. 28-29, sponsored by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

To apply, please submit your resume, a paragraph about yourself and a brief statement on why you should be selected for this opportunity to [email protected]. Applicants must:
• Be a Santa Ana resident
• Be at least 21 years old
• Be enrolled in higher education (not major specific)

Explosion of life on Earth linked to heavy metal act at planet’s centre Formation of solid iron core 550m years ago restored magnetic field and protected surface