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"Granite" is a 6-by-7-by-4.5-foot (1.8 m × 2.1 m × 1.4 m), 30,000-pound (14,000 kg) granite boulder discovered "under a bunch of sticker bushes" during an October, 2015 construction project in Edmonds. After attempts to destroy the boulder resulted in destruction of the power equipment used, the city offered it for free to a city resident who ...
Glacial erratic boulders of King County are large glacial erratic boulders of rock which were moved into King County, Washington by glacial action during previous ice ages.. The Pleistocene ice age glaciation of Puget Sound created many of the geographical features of the region, including Puget Sound itself, [1] and the erratics are one of the remnants of that age. [2]
The Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field is a National Park Service–designated privately owned National Natural Landmark located in Douglas County, Washington state, United States. [1] Withrow Moraine is the only Ice Age terminal moraine on the Waterville Plateau section of the Columbia Plateau.
The Early Winters Spires are two rock formations in the Liberty Bell Group of the North Cascade Range, set between Liberty Bell Mountain and Blue Lake Peak in Washington state, United States. [2] The two spires (North and South) are virtually one granite massif, split by a deep cleft formed by jointing and erosion.
The 2024 ice season was the second time average ice cover across the Great Lakes did not reach 5%. The first time was in 2012, when it hit 4.8%. (The third lowest was 7% in 2002.)
The Sims Corner Eskers and Kames National Natural Landmark is located on the Waterville Plateau, which lies in the northwest corner of the Columbia River Plateau.The plateau is formed on top of the Columbia River Basalt Group, a large igneous province that lies across parts of the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in the United States of America.
Ice was on the decline across the Great Lakes as a whole from Feb. 5 to Feb. 13 due to above-average warmth. Within a couple of weeks of the cold moving out of the area, ice coverage dropped to ...
The summit block of Mount Lyell is composed of dark volcanic granite, similar to its neighbors to the southeast, Rodgers Peak, Mount Davis, Banner Peak, and Mount Ritter. This rock is very loose and unstable for climbing, making the ascent to the summit plateau dangerous when the glacier is low, exposing the lower reaches of the summit block.