Most National Parks in the West have been protected in order to preserve their Geology. Congaree National Park however, protects the largest remnant of old growth floodplain forest in the United States. Less than one-half of one percent, 11,000 acres are protected by the park. The majority of the forests were cut for ships, railroads and buildings. The floodplains were drained for pastures, farms and cities. Congaree is a low bottomland forest in the coastal plain of South Ca

As I started writing my post and podcast on Death Valley’s geologic history, I found so many other fun things I wanted to talk about. Today’s podcast is more physics than geology and focuses on the Death Valley Racetrack and Sailing Stones. Now, when I think of a racetrack, I immediately picture cars driving an oval at fast speeds. And so, when I originally heard that Death Valley had a racetrack, I thought “oh, they must have raced cars here many years ago.” not even really