Tour Earth's great diversity and beauty in this awe-inspiring course that visits the most amazing natural wonders in the world and explains the geology that underlies them.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Santorini-Impact of Volcanic Eruptions
- 02: Mount Fuji-Sleeping Power
- 03: Galapagos Rift-Wonders of Mid-Ocean Ridges
- 04: African Rift Valley-Cracks into the Earth
- 05: Erta Ale-Compact Fury of Lava Lakes
- 06: Burgess Shale-Rocks and the Keys to Life
- 07: The Grand Canyon-Earth's Layers
- 08: The Himalayas-Mountains at Earth's Roof
- 09: The Ganges Delta-Earth's Fertile Lands
- 10: The Amazon Basin-Lungs of the Planet
- 11: Iguazu Falls-Thundering Waterfalls
- 12: Mammoth Cave-Worlds Underground
- 13: Cave of Crystals-Exquisite Caves
- 14: Great Blue Hole-Coastal Symmetry in Sinkholes
- 15: Ha Long Bay-Dramatic Karst Landscapes
- 16: Bryce Canyon-Creative Carvings of Erosion
- 17: Uluru/Ayers Rock-Sacred Nature of Rocks
- 18: Devils Tower-Igneous Enigmas
- 19: Antarctica-A World of Ice
- 20: Columbia Glacier-Unusual Glacier Cycles
- 21: Fiordland National Park-Majestic Fjords
- 22: Rock of Gibraltar-Catastrophic Floods
- 23: Bay of Fundy-Inexorable Cycle of Tides
- 24: Hawaii-Volcanic Island Beauty
- 25: Yellowstone-Geysers and Hot Springs
- 26: Kawah Ijen-World's Most Acid Lake
- 27: Iceland-Where Fire Meets Ice
- 28: The Maldives-Geologic Paradox
- 29: The Dead Sea-Sinking and Salinity
- 30: Salar de Uyuni-Flattest Place on Earth
- 31: Namib/Kalahari Deserts-Sand Mountains
- 32: Siwa Oasis-Paradise amidst Desolation
- 33: Auroras-Light Shows on the Edge of Space
- 34: Arizona Meteor Crater-Visitors from Outer Space
- 35: A Montage of Geologic Mini-Wonders
- 36: Planetary Wonders-Out of This World
Taught by
Michael E. Wysession
